DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES


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1880

Mintage:  38,961,000

Comments:  Surviving examples are available throughout the grading spectrum, but care should be taken in securing problem free examples.  Collectors should be cognizant of the difference between choice Very Fine and Extremely Fine examples.

Variety 1, which features off center clash marks on the reverse, is the best variety of the year and is ranked #6 in the top 100 die varieties.  

Rarity Estimates For 1880 Varieties

Emission Sequence of 1880 Obverses and Reverses

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Top  100 Variety Number Obv Rev Date Position Obverse / Reverse Attributes Cross Reference
Proof 1 1 A RE Proof Die, Broken Top and Base Of Second 8, Die Dot Between E and R Of LIBERTY, Repunched Date:  Initial Date Impression To The South Below The Base Of The 1 / Proof Die Snow PR1
1 3 D RH Doubled LIBER of LIBERTY / Off Center Clash Marks Snow 1, DDO-001
OCC-001
3 5 F C Broken Second 8, Obv. 5.2 Die Cracks 4:15 and 5:45 CRK-001, PUN-011
4 6 G RH Broken 88 / Die Cracks From 3:15 and 11:30
5 7 H C Repunched Date:  Initial Date Impressions To The North Within The Lower Loop Of The First 8 and Within Both Loops Of The Second 8 Snow 5, RPD-004
6 8 I C Misplaced Digits:  Misplaced 88 In The Denticles Below and To The Left Of The Primary 88 Of The Date Snow 6, MPD-001
8 10 K RH Small Die Break Adjacent To Hair Curl Above Ribbon / Rev. K.2:  Die Cracks From 12:45, 3:45, 9:15 and 11:30; Rev. K.3:  Retained Cud Between 2:30 and 3:45 Snow 8, ODD-001
9 11 L RH Misplaced Digit:  Misplaced Digit In The Denticles Below The First 8 Of The Date, Broken 880 Snow 9, MPD-002
PUN-007
10 12 M C Repunched Date:  Initial Date Impressions Within The Lower Loop and To The North Within The Upper Loop Of The Second 8; Abraded Die / Die Cracks From 8:30 and 11:30; Abraded Die Snow 10, RPD-001
11 13 N LH Reverse Die Break on E of CENT ODD-003
12 14 N RE Broken 880 of the Date / Reverse Die Break on E of CENT PUN-009, ODD-003
13 15 O RH Reverse Retained Cud Between 11:30 and 12:45, Die Crack From 3:00 to 5:00 CUD-001
14 16 P C Broken 880 of the Date / Reverse Degradation PUN-008, ODD-002
15 17 P.2 RE Reverse Degradation ODD-002
16 18 Q LH Misplaced 8 or 0 in the Denticles below and  to the left of the Second 8 of the Date
17 19 R B Reverse Retained Cud between 3:30 and 4:00
18 20 S RH Repunched Date: Initial Date Impressions To The North Within Both Loops Of The First 8
19 21 T RH Repunched Date:  Initial Date Impressions To The North Within The Lower Loop Of The First 8 and To The North Within Both Loops Of The Second 8, Die Cracks From 2:00, 6:45, 7:00 and 1045 / Die Crack Lower Right Wreath; Rev. T.2:  Die Crack Between 11:15 and 12:45 Snow 17
20 22 U ? Reverse Cud Between 3:00 and 4:30
21 23 V RH Reverse Cud Between 3:00 and 3:30, Die Cracks From 12:45, 7:45 and 9:45
2224WCRepunched Date:  Initial Date Impressions To The North Within The Lower Loops Of The 8 Digits / Die Cracks From 12:30, 7:45 and 11:15
2325XLHBroken First 8, Second 8 and 0 Of The Date / Die Cracks From 12:45, 7:45 and 11:15Snow 4g
2426YLERepunched Date:  Initial Date Impressions To The North Within Both Loops Of The First 8 Digit; Artifacts Located At Either Side Of The Lower Loop Of The Second 8 Digit; Broken Base Of The First 8 Digit; Broken Top Of Second 8 Digit; Cracked Die / Cracked Die:  Die Crack From 5:00 Extends Upward Through The Right Wreath

Rarity Estimates For 1880 Varieties

Variety Rarity
Proof 1 URS-11
1 URS-9
3 URS-6
4 URS-9
5 URS-8
6 URS-9
8 URS-(8-)
8a URS-8
8b URS-6
9 URS-9
10 URS-9
11 URS-8
12 URS-8
13 URS-6
14 URS-8
15 URS-8
16 URS-9
17 URS-6
18 URS-9
19 and 19a URS-8
20 URS-6
21 URS-6
22URS-8
23URS-8
24URS-8

Emission Sequence For 1880 Obverses and Reverses

Obverses / Reverses Die Pairings
Reverse P P-14  P-15

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