Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1864 Bronze Variety 8

Obverse 14

Reverse Q

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Digit Punch Anomaly

Repunched 64 to the South

*Close-up of date is courtesy of Eagle Eye Rare Coins inventory, 10/29/14.

Comments: Date placement is C. Obverse 14 is identified by repunching to the sourth on the 64. Rick Snow indiactes that there is minute repunching in the lower loop of the 6 and that the crossbar of the 4 is repunched twice. This date was impressed with a digit punch with the anomaly on the 4, so the repunching on the 4 is singular. This anomaly occured on many working dies in 1864 and it often complicates attribution of actual repunching, as it appears to give additonal repunching to the south on the 4. During die stage B, obverse 14 develops die clash marks in between the feathers from a clash from reverse Q.
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Reverse Q has shield points and olive leaf away from the denticles. During die stage B, reverse Q develops die clash marks from a clash with obverse 14 above the O of ONE, in between the N and E of ONE and to the right of the denomination.

Plate Coin: courtesy of Eagle Eye Rare Coins inventory 10/29/14, MS64RB