Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1889 Variety 9


Obverse 11	Reverse K

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched 1 and 1st 8 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Repunched 2nd 8 and 9 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Obverse 11 is identified by date placement at LH and date repunching that features initial date impressions to the south below the serif of the 1; to the southeast within both loops and below the upper loop of the first 8; to the southeast within both loops and below the upper loop of the second 8; to the southeast within and below the upper loop of the 9.

Reverse K has yet to be observed with any die markers.

Comments: Variety 9 experienced an obverse working die misalignment, evidence of which may be observed at the lower rim. This working die misalignment persisted throughout the service of Variety 9 and is present on examples struck from advanced die states of the Variety 9 Die Pairing.

Plate Coin: Courtesy of David Killough Collection, XF45