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1880 Variety 24






Obverse 26

Reverse Y



Obverse Diagnostics



Date Position

Repunched First 8 (Click Image To Enlarge)



Second 8 Artifacts (Click Image To Enlarge)

Breakage Of First 8 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Breakage Of Second 8 (Click Image To Enlarge)



Obverse 26 Die Crack Mapping


Reverse Diagnostics



Reverse Y Die Crack Mapping



Die Crack From 5:00 (Click Image To Enlarge)


Obverse 26 is identified by date placement at LE, date repunching that features initial date impressions to the north within both loops of the first 8 digit, artifacts located on either side of the lower loop of the second 8 digit, a broken base of the first 8 digit and a broken top of the second 8 digit.  Obverse 26 has cracked and has acquired clash marks from a clashing event with Reverse Y.

Reverse Y has cracked and has acquired clash marks from a clashing event with Obverse 26.

Comments:  The broken digits of Obverse 26 are the result of the deteriorating digit punch utilized in 1880 to impress the date into individual obverse working dies.  The digit punch would continue to degrade during its service, with the greatest deterioration exhibiting an increase in breakage at the bottom left of the first 8, the bottom of the second 8 and the bottom of the 0.

The Obverse 26 artifacts located on either side of the lower loop of the second 8 digit may very well be additional initial date impressions, though I cannot presently substantiate this.

Variety 24 was first identified by David Killough, who submitted the above plate coin during late June 2024 for inclusion in this book based on the date repunching of Obverse 26 and the die cracking of Reverse Y.

Plate Coin:  Courtesy of David Killough Collection, VF25

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