Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1898 Variety 28


Obverse 33	Reverse AH

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched 1 and 8

Repunched 9

Initial Date Impression Within Lower Loop Of 8

Initial Date Impression Within Lower Loop Of 9

Clash Mark In Front Of Eye

Reverse Diagnostics

Clash Mark Through C of CENT

Obverse 33 is identified by date placement at LE and date repunching that features initial date impressions to the south below the serif and base of the 1, to the south below the base and within the lower loop of the 8 and to the east within the lower loop of the 9. Obverse 33 has acquired a clash in front of the eye of Miss Liberty from a clashing event with Reverse AH.

Reverse AH has acquired a clash mark through the C of CENT from a clashing event with Obverse 33.

Comments: The Obverse 33 initial date impressions below the serif of the 1, within the lower loop of the 8 and within the lower loop of the 9 were previously unidentified prior to publication in this book.

Plate coin: Courtesy of David Killough Collection, F12