Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1864 Bronze Variety 14


Obverse 20	Reverse W

Obverse Diagnostics

Obverse 20 Date Position and Lathe Lines
Date Position	Lathe Lines (Click Image To Enlarge)	Lathe Lines Of Mint State Example

Macro Photography Of Obverse 20 Lathe Lines Locations
Neck and Hair Curl	Eye and Temple	'LIBERTY' and Feathers (Click Image To Enlarge)

Macro Photography Of Obverse 20 Working Hub Artifact At 'S(T)ATES', Working Die Artifact Above '(O)F' and Clash Mark
Working Hub Artifact	Working Die Artifact	Clash Mark In Front Of Eye

Macro Photography Of Obverse 20.2 Clash Marks and Die Crack
Obv. 20.2 Clash Marks In Front Of Eye	Obv. 20.2 Die Crack Connecting 'STA(TE)S'

Reverse Diagnostics

Reverse W Rim Break Locations
Between 1:00 and 1:45	Between 2:15 and 3:00	Between 3:00 and 3:45	Between 4:45 and 5:45

Macro Photography Of Reverse W Die Crack, Clash Mark and Reverse W.2 Clash Marks
Die Crack From 7:00	Clash Mark Through (C)ENT	Reverse W.2 Clash Marks Through (C)ENT

Reverse W.2 Rim Break Locations
Between 4:00 and 4:15	4:45-6:00 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Obverse 20 is identified by date placement at C, concentric lathe lines that are located on most of the portrait, a working hub artifact below the right arm of 'S(T)ATES' and a working die artifact above '(O)F'. Obverse 20 has acquired a clash mark in front of the eye of Miss Liberty from a clashing event with Reverse W.
Obv. 20.2: Obverse 20 clashes once again with Reverse W and develops the following die crack:
1. Die crack connects the tops of 'STA(TE)S'.

Reverse W has acquired a clash mark through (C)ENT from a clashing event with Obverse 20 and has developed rim breakage between 1:00 and 5:45. Reverse W has developed the following die crack:
1. Die crack from the rim at 7:00 extends upward into the arrow quill.
Rev. W.2: Reverse W clashes once again with Obverse 20 and has developed additional rim breakage between 5:45 and 6:00.

Comments: The Obverse 20 lathe lines were imparted on the Obverse 20 working die by the reduction lathe. It is theorized that the Obverse 20 working die may have been reengraved directly via the reduction lathe in order to strengthen the design on the face of the working die.

Obverse 20 will later be in service paired with Reverse AAAI of the 1864 Bronze Variety 36 Die Pairing.

Plate Coin (Variety 14): Courtesy of Paul Nomes Collection, AU50
Plate Coin (Variety 14a): Images courtesy of Ed Nathanson

Die States For 1864 Bronze Variety 14

VARIETY 14 OBVERSE 20 REVERSE W
VARIETY 14a OBVERSE 20.2 REVERSE W.2

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