DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES


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1874 Variety 9






Obverse 10

Reverse I



Obverse Diagnostics



Date Position

Off-Center Clash Marks


Obverse 10 is identified by date placement at LH and an off-center clash mark located on the neck of Miss LIBERTY.  Obverse 11 is observed with a die chip just behind the first hair curl and another below the clash marks on the neck.  Obverse 11 acquired a clash mark from the C of CENT of reverse I in front the eye.

Reverse I has acquired a clash mark from the nose of Miss LIBERTY of obverse 10 through the C of CENT.

Comments:  In regards to the obverse 10 off-center clash marks, prevailing theory suggests these are from the denticles of another working die for the purpose of a "hardness" test.  Since the clash marks are found in a recessed portion of the working die, the obverse 10 working die would have had to been in an annealed state to receive them.  

Rick Snow was very kind in allowing me to use his images to illustrate variety 9 for this book.

Plate coin:  Eagle Eye Rare Coins, PCGS MS65RB (PS)

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