Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1906 Variety 2


Obverse 3	Reverse C

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched 1 and 9

Repunched 0

Obv. 3.2 Die Chip (Click Image To Enlarge)

Reverse Diagnostics

Reverse C.2 Die Crack Mapping

Rev. C.2 Die Crack (Click Image To Enlarge)

Obverse 3 is identified date placement at LH and date repunching that features initial date impressions to the south below the base of the 1, base of the 9 and within the 0.
Obv. 3.2: Obverse 3 has now developed heavy die flow lines and a small die chip has formed within the lower loop of the 6.

Reverse C is yet to be observed with any die markers.
Rev. C.2: Reverse C is rotated 5 degrees clockwise and has developed heavy die flow lines and a radial die crack from the rim at 2:15.

Comments: During mid January 2018, David Killough submitted an example of Variety 2 with what appeared to be an additional initial date impression within the lower loop of the 6. Upon examination of David's coin, I was able to determine that his example was struck from a later die state of Variety 2 and that the artifact within the lower loop of the 6 is a die chip that formed due to the advanced die state of Obverse 3. In addition, a routine die rotation measurement yielded a 5 dgree clockwise rotation of Reverse C. As a result, I have assigned David's coin as the Variety 2a Plate Coin in order to capture the newly identified incremental die state and die rotation.

The Variety 2a die rotation is somewhat puzzling to me, as I had not indicated any die rotation during the Variety 2 die state. There may be a possibility that the Variety 2a die rotation is a static rotational attribute of the Variety 2 die pairing and that I neglected to measure this rotation when I first published this page with the Variety 2 Plate Coin.

Plate Coin (Variety 2): Robert Malo, Jr., AU53
Plate Coin (Variety 2a): Courtesy of David Killough Collection, AU50 details

Die States For 1906 Variety 2

VARIETY 2 OBVERSE 3 REVERSE C
VARIETY 2a OBVERSE 3.2 REVERSE C.2