Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1903 Variety 15


Obverse 14	Reverse O

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Misplaced 0 and 3 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Macro Photography Of Obverse 14 Rim Breaks Between 10:30 and 2:45
Between 10:30 and 12:00 (Click Image To Enlarge)	Between 12:00 and 2:45 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Reverse Diagnostics

Die Lines Within Shield (Click Image To Enlarge)

Obverse 14 is identified by date placement at C and the tops of a misplaced 0 and 3 digits within the denticles below and to the left of the primary 0 and 3 of the date. Obverse 14 has acquired clash marks from a clashing event with Reverse O and has developed rim breakage between 10:30 and 2:45.

Reverse O has acquired clash marks from a clashing event with Obverse 14 and is observed with die lines within the vertical shield bars.

Comments: The Obverse 14 misplaced digits are the result of an initial date impression located far to the southwest with respect to the final date placement.

Plate Coin: D. Poliquin Collection, AU55