DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES


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1903 Variety 5






Obverse 6

Reverse F



Obverse Diagnostics



Date Position

Repunched 1 Digit (Click Image To Enlarge)



Repunched 3 Digit (Click Image To Enlarge)

Radial Die Crack (Click Image To Enlarge)


Reverse Diagnostics



Clash Marks Right Of CEN(T)

Reverse F Die Crack (Click Image To Enlarge)

Reverse F.2 Die Crack (Click Image To Enlarge)


Obverse 6 is identified by date placement at LH and date repunching that features initial date impressions located to the south of the base of the 1 digit and to the north above the ball of the 3 digit.  Obverse 6 has acquired clash marks from a clashing event with Reverse F and has developed the following die crack:
1.  Radial die crack from the rim at 11:00 extends downward through 'STAT(E)S'.

Reverse F has acquired clash marks from a clashing event with Obverse 6 and has developed the following die crack:
1.  Die crack from the rim at 4:00.
Rev. F.2:  The die crack from 4:00 has become incrementally more severe and has split within the denticles.

Comments:  The above plate coin as well as the Variety 5a Plate Coin represent the latest die state of the Variety 5 Die Pairing yet identified.

Plate Coin (Variety 5):  Courtesy of David Killough Collection, AU53
Plate Coin (Variety 5a):  Courtesy of David Killough Collection, AU53 details

Die States For 1903 Variety 5

VARIETY 5

OBVERSE 6
REVERSE F

VARIETY 5a

OBVERSE 6
REVERSE F.2

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