Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1908 Variety 32


Obverse 34	Reverse AH

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Misplaced 8 in the Denticles

Repunched 08

Obv. 34.2 Die Sinking at 12:00

Obv. 34.2 Die Crack

Reverse Diagnostics

Reverse AH.2 Reverse Die Crack and Die Sinking

Obverse 34 is identifed by date placement at RH, misplaced top of an 8 in the denticles below the primary 8 of the date and repunched date that features initial date impressions to the south below the base of the 0 as well as within both loops of the 8.
Obv. 34.2: Obverse 34 develops die sinking at 12:00 and a die crack from the final S of STATES into the first feather.

Reverse AH has yet to be observed with any die markers.
Rev. AH.2: Reverse AH develops a radial die crack forms from the denticles at 6:00 into the wreath knot and die sinking occurs between the arrow quill and the wreath stem.

Comments: The reverse AH.2 die sinking may be the result of the formation of the radial die crack that forms at 6:00.

Variety 32b was first identified by Ed Nathanson during January 2016. Ed was very kind in allowing me to use his images to illustrate Variety 32b for this book.

During mid November 2018, David Killough submitted an example of Variety 32 that lacked the Obverse 34 die sinking at 12:00. David's coin represents the earliest die state yet identified for the Variety 32 die pairing.

Plate Coin (Variety 32): Courtesy of David Killough Collection, AU50
Plate Coin (Variety 32a): Richard Ashton Collection, MS63RB
Plate Coin (Variety 32b): Images courtesy of Ed Nathanson

Die States for 1908 Variety 32

VARIETY 32 OBVERSE 34 REVERSE AH
VARIETY 32a OBVERSE 34.2 REVERSE AH
VARIETY 32b OBVERSE 34.2 REVERSE AH.2