Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1886 Type II Variety 11


Type II Obverse 14	Reverse AB

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Misplaced Digits (Click Image To Enlarge)

Type II Obverse 14 Die Crack Mapping

Reverse Diagnostics

Reverse AB Die Crack Mapping

Type II Obverse 14 is identified by date placement at B and the tops of multiple misplaced digits among the denticles below the 1 and first 8 of the date. Obverse 14 has developed die cracking.

Reverse AB has developed die cracking.

Comments: The Obverse 14 misplaced digit located among the denticles below the left base of the 1 digit of the date is from the 1 digit from an initial date impression, while the remaining misplaced digits located among the denticles below either side of the first 8 digit of the date are from the first 8 and second 8 from multiple initial date impressions. I suspect that Obverse 14 received at least three separate date impressions into the denticles.

Plate Coin: Courtesy of Walter Seiller Collection, VF20 Details