Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1899 Variety 47


Obverse 51	Reverse AY

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

2nd 9 Artifact and Break (Click Image To Enlarge)

Clash Mark In Front Of Eye

Clash Marks Between Feathers 7, 8 and 9

Die Break Atop 8th Feather (Click Image To Enlarge)

Reverse Diagnostics

Clash Mark Through (C)ENT

Clash Marks To The Left Of The Denomination

Obverse 51 is observed with date placement at B, the beginning of a small die break within the upper loop of the second 9 and an artifact within the lower loop of the second 9. Obverse 51 has developed heavy die flow lines and has acquired a clash mark in front of the eye of Miss Liberty from a clashing event with Reverse AY.

Reverse AY is in a similar die state as Obverse 51, with the advancement of heavy die flow lines. Reverse AY has acquired clash marks through (C)ENT and to the left of the denomination from a clashing event with Obverse 51.

Comments: Obverse 51 exhibits the start of a small die break within the upper loop of the second 9, though later die state examples of Variety 47 will be necessary to determine if this develops into a larger break as seen on two other 1899 obverses.

I do not suspect that the artifact within the lower loop of the second 9 is an initial date impression artifact. A similar artifact is evident in the lower loop of the second 9 of the Snow 38 Pairing, which exhibits a larger die break within the upper loop of the second 9 compared to the above plate coin. The following compares the Obverse 51 second 9 and the second 9 of the Snow 38 Die Pairing, which was taken from the December 2019 Longacre's Ledger:

Obverse 51 Second 9 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Snow 38 Second 9 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Plate Coin: Courtesy of Paul Nomes Collection, AU58