Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1888 Variety 24


Obverse 26	Reverse Z

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Bases Of Two Misplaced 8 Digits

Misplaced 8 Location and Orientation

Die Crack From 5:00

Die Flow Lines

Reverse Diagnostics

Die Flow Lines

Obverse 26 is identified by date placement at LE and the bases of two misplaced 8 digits, with the first located between the ribbon and first hair curl and the second located between the first and second hair curls. Obverse 26 has developed moderately heavy die flow lines and the following die crack:
1. Die crack from the denticles at 5:00 connecting the digits of the date.

Reverse Z is in a similar die state as Obverse 26, with the advancement of moderately heavy die flow lines.

Comments: During early January 2018, this author discovered a second and previously unidentified misplaced 8 digit between the ribbon and first hair curl. A date overlay confirms the smalll curved artifact between the ribbon and first hair curl is the lower right side of an 8 digit.

Plate coin: D. Poliquin Collection, MS64RB