Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1905 Variety 56


Obverse 55	Reverse AAE

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Reverse Diagnostics

Cud Between 3:15 and 5:00

Partial Cud Between 6:45 and 8:15

Obverse 55 is observed with date placement at LE

Reverse AAE has developed a cud between 3:15 and 5:00 and a partial cud between 6:45 and 8:15.

Comments: The Reverse AAE die break between 3:15 and 5:00 was first identified in 'The Cud Book' by Sam Thurman and Arnold Margolis with a reference number of 1C-05-7R RET, where the die break was retained rather than a full cud as illustrated above. Thurman and Margolis also identified the section between 6:45 and 8:15 as an additional retained cud developed by Reverse AAE. I disagree that the Reverse AAE section between 6:45 and 8:15 is a retained cud, since the area at 6:45 has not yet separated from the die body. Therefore, I have employed the more accurate term 'partial cud' to describe the section between 6:45 and 8:15.

Plate coin: D. Poliquin Collection, G4