DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES


Home
Table of Contents
For Sale List
Numismatic Links
David's Numismatic Blog

1898 Variety 44

Obverse 49

Reverse AX


Obverse Diagnostics



Date Placement


Macro Photography Of Obverse 49 Hub Doubling Of 'UNITED'

Doubling Of '(UN)ITED' (Click Image To Enlarge)
Doubling Of 'UN(IT)ED' (Click Image To Enlarge)
Doubling Of 'UNIT(ED)' (Click Image To Enlarge)


Macro Photography Of Obverse 49 Hub Doubling Of 'AMERICA'

Doubling Of (A)MERICA (Click Image To Enlarge)
Doubling Of AM(E)RICA (Click Image To Enlarge)
Doubling Of AMER(I)C(A) (Click Image To Enalrge)



Doubling of 'OF' (Click Image To Enlarge)
Rim Break Between 4:00 and 4:30
Working Hub Artifacts Around AMERIC(A)


Reverse Diagnostics



Die Crack From 2:00
Die Crack From 3:45
Die Crack From 7:45



Die Crack From 10:45
Clash Mark Through (C)ENT


Obverse 49 is identified by date placement at C, Class II hub doubling of 'UNITED' and 'OF AMERICA' and working hub artifacts around AMERIC(A).  Obverse 49 has developed a rim break between 4:00 and 4:30.

Reverse AX is rotated 7 degrees clockwise.  Reverse AX has acquired a clash mark through (C)ENT and has developed the following die cracks:
1.  Die crack from the rim at 2:00 downward through the outside edge of the right wreath to the the rim at 3:45.
2.  Die crack from the denticles at 7:45 into the middle olive leaf.
3.  Die crack from the rim at 10:45 downward through the outside edge of the left wreath to a point at 9:00.


Comments:  Variety 44 was first identified by David Killough, who submitted the above plate coin during late August 2019 for inclusion in this book based on the hub doubling of Obverse 49.  Examination of David's coin reveals minor Class II hub doubling on 'UNITED' and 'OF AMERICA', with the doubling on 'AMERICA' much less noticeable.

Reverse AX will later be in service paired with Obverse 57 during the 1898 Variety 52 Die Pairing.

Plate Coin:  Courtesy of David Killough Collection, VF35

Return to 1898 Varieties Table

Return to Date and Die Variety Analysis