DEFINITIVE
REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES
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1881
Variety 1
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Obverse 5
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Reverse E
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Obverse Diagnostics
Date Position |
Repunched 8 Digits |
Reverse Diagnostics
Die Crack From 5:00 |
Die Crack From 8:00 |
Obverse 5 is identified by date placement at LE with date repunching
that features initial date impressions to the southeast within both
loops of the first 8 and within the upper loop of the second 8.
Reverse E develops the following die cracks:
1. Die crack from the denticles at 5:00 upward through the
bottom two arrowheads.
2. Die crack from the denticles at 8:00 into the top olive
leaf.
Comments: Ed
Nathanson was extremely kind in allowing me to use his images to
illustrate Variety 1 for this book.
Plate coin:
Images courtesy of Ed Nathanson