Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1888 Variety 2


Obverse 5	Reverse E

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched 1st 8
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Repunched 2nd and 3rd 8 and Die Line
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Rotated View Of Repunched 3rd 8
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Serif Of A Misplaced 1 Digit
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Obv. 5.2 Die Chip At Right Side Of 3rd 8
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Reverse Diagnostics

Reverse E.3 Die Crack Mapping

Obverse 5 is identified by date placement at LE, a die line within the upper loop of the 3rd 8, the serif of a misplaced 1 digit extending from the first pearl and date repunching that features initial date impressions within the upper loops of the 1st and 2nd 8, as well as a light initial date impression from the lower left side of upper loop of the 3rd 8. Obverse 5 has acquired clash marks.
Obv. 5.2: Obverse 5 has developed a die chip located at the center of the right side of the third 8.

Reverse E is rotated 2 degrees counter clockwise and has acquired clash marks.
Rev. E.2: Reverse E has developed the following die cracks:
1. Die crack from the rim at 7:15 extends upward through the left wreath.
2. Light die crack from the rim at 10:00 extends upward through the outer edge of the left wreath.
Rev. E.2a: Reverse E is now rotated 8 degrees clockwise.
Rev. E.3: Reverse E is now rotated 3 degrees counter clockwise and has developed the following additional die crack:
3. Light die crack from the rim at 6:00 extends upward through the tip of the left ribbon end and arrow quill.

Comments: The Variety 5ab Die State is interesting, since Variety 5 experienced a greater degree of die rotation compared to the negligible die rotation evident of the previous and subsequent die states.

During early July 2022, David Killough identified an example of Variety 5 that features Reverse E in its latest die state and is illustrated below as the Variety 5b Plate Coin.

Plate Coin (Variety 5): D. Poliquin Collection, XF40
Plate Coin (Variety 5a): D. Poliquin Collection, AU50 Details
Plate Coin (Variety 5ab): D. Poliquin Collection, XF40
Plate Coin (Variety 5b): Courtesy of David Killough Collection, AU50 Details