DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES
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1863 Variety 31
Obverse 31
Reverse AG
Obverse Diagnostics
Date Position
Reverse Diagnostics
Retained Cud from 3:30 to 5:00
Die Crack from 12:30
Obverse 31 is observed with date placement at LH, with a slight upward slope of the date.
Reverse AG is observed with a large retained cud from 3:30 to 5:00. Die crack from the cud at 3:30 through the wreath to the denticles at 12:30.
Comments:
The retained cud of reverse AG seems to have been proceeded by a heavy die crack from 5:00 to 3:30.
Variety 31 was first identified by this author during early March 2015.
Plate Coin:
Keith Bock Collection, VF20
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