Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1865 Plain 5 Variety 9


Obverse 11	Reverse K

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched 8 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Rim Break Between 3:30 and 4:00

Macro Photography Of Obverse 11 and Obverse 11.2 Die Crack From 7:00
Obv. 11 Die Crack (Click Image To Enlarge)	Obv. 11.2 Die Crack

Clash Marks Between Feathers 8 and 9

Raised Area To Right Of Date

Reverse Diagnostics

Reverse K Die Crack Mapping

Macro Photography Of Reverse K Die Crack Between 7:45 and 3:45
Die Crack At 7:45 (Click Image To Enlarge)	Die Crack At 3:45 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Macro Photography Of Reverse K Clash Marks
Clash Mark Above (O)NE	Right Of Denomination (Click Image To Enlarge)

Obverse 11 is identified by date placement at C, date repunching that features an initial date impression to the south within the upper loop of the 8 and a raised area to the right of the date. Obverse 11 has acquired clash marks between feathers 8 and 9 from a clashing event with Reverse K. Obverse 11 has developed a rim break between 3:30 and 4:00 and the following die crack:
1. Light die crack from the rim at 7:00 extends through the bases of the digits of the date.
Obv. 11.2: The die crack from 7:00 has now become more severe.

Reverse K is rotated 17 degrees counter clockwise. Reverse K has acquired clash marks above (O)NE and to the right of the denomination from a clashing event with Obverse 11 and has developed the following die cracks:
1. Moderately heavy die crack from the rim at 7:45 that extends through the lower wreath and into the rim at 3:45.
2. Light die crack from die crack #1 at the middle olive leaf extends upward through the outer edge of the left wreath.
3. Light die crack from die crack #2 at the first oak leaf extends upward through the center of the left wreath to the acorn at 9:00.

Comments: Reverse K has acquired several clash marks to the right of the denomination that indicate Reverse K experienced perhaps as many as four clashing events during differing working die rotations.

Plate Coin (Variety 9): Courtesy of David Killough Collection, XF40
Plate Coin (Variety 9a): Former D. Poliquin Collection

Die States For 1865 Plain 5 Variety 9

VARIETY 9 OBVERSE 11 REVERSE K
VARIETY 9a OBVERSE 11.2 REVERSE K