Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1879 Variety 10


Obverse 14	Reverse N

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Artifacts (Click Image To Enlarge)

Reverse Diagnostics

Reverse N Die Crack Mapping

Primary Die Crack (Click Image To Enlarge)

Obverse 14 is identified by date placement at LE and artifacts among the denticles below the 8 and 7 digits of the date.

Reverse N has developed the following die cracks:
1. Die crack from the rim at 11:30 extends across the top of the shield and exits into the rim at 12:30.
2. Light die crack from the denticles at 4:45 extends upward through the tip of the right ribbon, lower arrowhead, middle arrowhead and along the outer edge of the lowest oak leaf.

Comments: During mid February 2023, Greg Bowyer submitted the above plate coin upon request of this author. Greg's coin was initially submitted to Rick Snow for attribution based on the artifacts located among the denticles below the 8 and 7 digits of the date and Rick had attributed the artifacts as the tops of misplaced digits.
Upon examination of Greg's coin, I found that the artifacts did not correspond with an overlay of the date area. Since misplaced digits are the result of an impression of a digit punch that was utilized to impress the date into individual working dies, an overlay of the date area is used to confirm a digit punch impression. I suspect these artifacts are hub-throughs that occurred within the hubbing chamber when Obverse 14 was hubbed with a working hub. Hub-throughs occur when foreign artifacts such as lint get caught between the working hub and working die during a hubbing.

Plate Coin: Courtesy of Greg Bowyer Collection, MS62BN (Snow 9 Plate Coin)