Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1908 Variety 11


Obverse 13	Reverse M

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Misplaced 908 In The Denticles

Location and Orientation Of Misplaced 908

Reverse Diagnostics

Die Line Downward From The Middle Olive Leaf

Obverse 13 is identified by date placement at RH and the tops of misplaced 908 in the denticles below the date.

Reverse M is observed with a die line downward from the middle olive leaf.

Comments: During late July 2018, David Killough submitted the above plate coin in order for me to be able to illustrate Variety 11 for this book. Upon examination of the Obverse 13 misplaced digits, I discovered the top of a misplaced 9 digit that was previously unidentified. I then performed an overlay to determine the orientation and location of the misplaced digits and found that the 9 and 0 digits overlayed perfectly, while the 8 digit did not. Therefore, I theorized that Obverse 13 was impressed with two initial date impressions into the denticles. The first two digits in the denticles are a result of the first initial date impression, which is located far to the southeast of the primary date and is illustrated in the overlay above within the Obverse 13 diagnostics. The last digit in the denticles is the result of the second initial digit punch impression, which was most likley orientated counter clockwise with respect to the final date placement and would explain why only the 8 is visible in the denticles.

Plate coin: David Killough Collection, XF40