Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1906 Variety 20


Obverse 21	Reverse U

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched 1 and 9 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Repunched 0 and 6 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Misplaced 9 and 0 Digits (Click Image To Enlarge)

Obv. 21.2 Clash Marks Above Feathers

Reverse Diagnostics

Reverse U.2 Die Crack Mapping

Rev. U.2 Clash Mark (Click Image To Enlarge)

Reverse U.3 Partial Break

Obverse 21 is identified by date placement at RH, the tops of a misplaced 9 and 0 digit among the denticles below the 9 and 0 of the date and date repunching that features initial date impressions to the north above the right base and to the south below the base of the 1 digit; to the south of all elements of the 9 digit; to the northwest of the upper left side and to the south within the 0 digit; to the northwest of the upper left side and to the north above the lower loop and within the lower loop of the 6 digit.
Obv. 21.2: Obverse 21 has acquired clash marks from a clashing event with Reverse U.

Reverse U has yet to be observed with any die markers.
Rev. U.2: Reverse U has acquired clash marks from a clashing event with Obverse 21 and has cracked.
Rev. U.3: Reverse U has developed a partial break between 2:15 and 3:15.

Comments: Variety 20b was identified by George Brzozowiec during mid April 2016.

I suspect a subsequent Reverse U die state will be found with a complete break between 2:15 and 3:15.

Plate Coin (Variety 20): D. Poliquin Collection, VF30
Plate Coin (Variety 20a): Courtesy of David Killough Collection, AU55
Plate Coin (Variety 20b): Image courtesy of George Brzozowiec

1906 Variety 20 Die States

VARIETY 20 OBVERSE 21 REVERSE U
VARIETY 20a OBVERSE 21.2 REVERSE U.2
VARIETY 20b OBVERSE 21.2 REVERSE U.3