Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1864 Bronze Variety 1


Obverse 2	Reverse B

Obverse Diagnostics

Repunched 1, 8 and 6

Obv. 2.2 Die Crack (Click Image To Enlarge)

Obverse 2.3 Die Crack Mapping

Obverse 2 is identified by date placement at C and date repunching that features initial date impressions to the south below the serif of the 1 and to the west of the 8 and 6. Obverse 2 has acquired clash marks between feathers 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 from a clashing event with Reverse B. Obverse 2 has developed the following die cracks:
1. Die crack connecting the tops of 'AM(ERI)CA'.
2. Die crack from the denticles at 5:00 connecting the 6 and 4 of the date.
Obv. 2.2: Obverse 2 has developed the following additional die cracks:
1. Die crack from the denticles at 12:45 connects the tops of 'OF' and exits at the denticles at 2:00.
2. Moderately heavy die crack extends from the rim at 4:30, through 'AMERI(C)A' and into the area between the last feather and hair curl.
Obv. 2.3: The die crack originating from 4:30 has now extended further, with the die crack progressing through the portrait, through 'STAT(E)S' and into the rim at 11:00.

Reverse B has acquired clash marks above '(O)NE', through '(C)ENT' and to the right of the denomination from a clashing event with Obverse 2.

Comments: Variety 1 was initially in service striking copper nickel cents during the 1864 Copper Nickel Variety 1 Die Pairing.

During mid July 2016, this author contacted Craig McClain in regards to submitting his Snow 10c for imaging and inclusion within this book. Upon receipt of the coin and subsequent examination, I had discovered that Craig's coin was actually a later die state of the 1864 Bronze Variety 1 Die Pairing (Snow 1). Craig's coin is listed below and is assigned Variety 1b in order to capture the bisecting die crack from the Obverse 2.3 die state.

During late January 2020, Paul Nomes submitted an example of Variety 1 with the Obverse 2 die crack not yet extending to 11:00. Paul's coin represents an interim die state of Variety 1 and has been assigned Variety 1a, in order to capture the Obverse 2.2 die crack.
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Plate Coin (Variety 1): Courtesy of Matt Dinger Collection, NGC MS66RD
Plate Coin (Variety 1a): Courtesy of Paul Nomes Collection, VF35
Plate Coin (Variety 1b): Courtesy of Craig McClain Collection, VF30

Die States For 1864 Bronze Variety 1

VARIETY 1 OBVERSE 2 REVERSE B
VARIETY 1a OBVERSE 2.2 REVERSE B
VARIETY 1b OBVERSE 2.3 REVERSE B