Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1898 Variety 29


Obverse 34	Reverse AI

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Placement

Misplaced 1 and 8 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Misplaced 1 and 8 Location and Orientation

Macro Photography Of Obverse 34.2 and 34.3 Rim Break
Obverse 34.2 Rim Break	Obverse 34.3 Rim Break

Obverse 34 is identified by date placement at LH and the bases of a misplaced 1 and 8 located at either side of the ribbon.
Obv. 34.2: Obverse 34 has developed a rim break below the final 8 of the date.
Obv. 34.3: The Obverse 34 rim break has enlarged and now extends farther to the west compared to the Obverse 34.2 rim break.

Reverse AI has yet to be observed with any die markers.
Rev. AI.2: Reverse AI is now found in a 5 degree clockwise rotated position.

Comments: The Obverse 34 misplaced digits are the result of an initial digit punch impression located far to the northeast and at an angle of 3 degrees clockwise with respect to the final date placement.

Although I have not personally examined the Variety 29b Plate Coin, I nevertheless assigned a 5 degree rotation to this die state based on the die rotation exhibited by the Variety 29a die state.

Plate Coin (Variety 29): Courtesy of David Killough Collection, AU50
Plate Coin (Variety 29a): Courtesy of David Killough Collection, AU58
Plate Coin (Variety 29b): Images courtesy of David Killough

Die States For 1898 Variety 29

VARIETY 29 OBVERSE 34 REVERSE AI
VARIETY 29a OBVERSE 34.2 REVERSE AI.2
Variety 29b OBVERSE 34.3 Reverse AI.2