Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1864 Bronze Variety 3


Obverse 11	Reverse L

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched 64

Rim Break At 12:00

Obverse 11 is identified by date placement at RE with date repunching that features initial date impressions to the west within the lower loop of the 6 and to the west of the upright and base of the 4. Obverse 11 has developed a rim break at 12:00.

Reverse L is rotated 170 degrees clockwise.
Rev. La: Reverse L is rotated 107 degrees counter clockwise.
Rev. Lb: Reverse L is rotated 117 degrees clockwise.

Comments: Additional examples of Variety 3 will be necessary to determine if the Reverse L die rotation is dynamic.

During early November 2018, Paul Nomes submitted an example of Variety 3 with Reverse L rotated 107 degrees counter clockwise. Paul's discovery confirms a dynamic die rotation was evident during the Variety 3 die pairing and that additional exampes of Variety 3 will be found with Reverse L in various rotated positions. Paul's coin has been assigned the Variety 3a die pairing number in order to capture the Reverse L counter clockwise rotation of 107 degrees.

During late September 2019, this author discovered Variety 3 with Reverse L in a 117 degree clockwise rotated position. The discovery is plated below as the 3ab die pairing in order to capture the newly identified Reverse L rotated position.

Plate Coin (Variety 3): Robert Malo, Jr. Collection, VG8
Plate Coin (Variety 3a): Courtesy Paul Nomes Collection, XF40
Plate Coin (Variety 3ab): Robert Russell Collection, G4 details

Die States For 1864 Bronze Variety 3

VARIETY 3 OBVERSE 11 REVERSE L
VARIETY 3a OBVERSE 11 REVERSE La
VARIETY 3ab OBVERSE 11 REVERSE Lb