Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1897 Variety 5


Obverse 7	Reverse G

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched 1897 to the East

Rim Break between 6:30 and 7:00

Reverse Diagnostics

Line from T of CENT to Wreath

Obverse 7 is identified by repunching to the east at the right side of the bases of the 1897, with date placement at LH. Obverse 7 has developed a rim break between 6:30 and 7:00.

Reverse G is observed with a line extending from the right side of the T of CENT extending upward to the northeast into the right wreath.

Comments: Rick Snow of Eagle Eye Rare Coins was extremely kind in allowing me to use his images to illustrate Variety 5 for this book. The above plate coin represents the finest known example of this die pairing thus far.

Plate coin: Eagle Eye Rare Coins, PCGS MS63BN (PS)