Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1888 Variety 27


Obverse 29	Reverse AC

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched 1 and First 8

Repunched Second 8

Misplaced Base Of A 1 Digit

Misplaced 1 Digit Location and Orientation

Obverse 29 is identified by date placement at B, the base of a misplaced 1 digit below the ribbon end and date repunching that features initial date impressions to the south below the base of the 1, to the south below the outside bottom left of the upper loop and to the north outside the top right of the lower loop of the first 8; to the north outside the top right and within the lower loop of the second 8.

Reverse AC has yet to be observed with any die markers.

Comments: The Obverse 29 repunched date was identified by David Killough, who submitted the above plate coin during mid May 2018 for inclusion in this book based both on the newly identified Obverse 29 date repunching and this author's need for a plate coin for Variety 27. Variety 27 was initially attributed by Rick Snow, who most likely missed the date repunching on the discovery piece due to strike weakness of the date resulting from debris in the date recesses of the working die.

The Obverse 29 misplaced 1 digit is orientated at 19 degrees clockwise with respect to the final date position.

Plate coin: Courtesy of David Killough Collection, VF30