Comments:
Date placement is C, with date sloping upward. The date
almost touches the bust point. Extra outlines are visibile on the
legend on the right side, which can be seen on the right side of the E
of AMERICA. These outlines are actually an artifact from the
master die and are transferred to the working hubs and finally working
dies The degree at which these outlines on coins are seen is
directly proportional to the hubbing depth that was imparted on the
working hubs and working dies Therefore, if hubbing depth was
great, then outlines would be seen on the coins. Conversely, if
hubbing depth was lesser, then the presence of these outlines would be
lessened or absent.
During 1886, Charles Barber designed a new obverse master hub
from his galvano. The galvano now included the legend, which was
added to the master die prior to this change. The master hub was
then used to make a master die. The manufacture of this
obverse master die is exactly where the extra outlines were eliminated.
In his article entitled "Extra Outlines", Rick Snow indicates the
following: "Apparently, Longacre did not want any field areas to
effect the working hubs he was going to make, so he removed the metal
from the field areas on the master die, being careful not to get too
close to the letters and devices. By doing this extra step, he
created extra outlines." Charles Barber's master die does not
include this step, thus the outlines ended when longacre's master die
disconttinued hubbing working dies. The reverse hub longacre
designed was never changed by Barber, so extra outlines remain on the
reverses of many indian cents until the end of the series.
The
reverse exhibits a die crack at 11:30 that extends into the shield.
The plate coin has reverse die rotation of 5 degrees counter
clockwise.
