Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1906 Variety 12


Obverse 13	Reverse M

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched 1 to the South

Repunched 06 to the Northeast

Reverse Diagnostics

Clash Mark through (C)ENT

Rev. M.2 Primary Crack (Click Image To Enlarge)

Reverse M.2 Die Crack Mapping

Obverse 13 is identified by date placement at C and date repunching that features initial date impressions to the south below the base of the 1, to the northeast within the 0 and lower loop of the 6.

Reverse M has acquired a clash mark through (C)ENT.
Rev. M.2: Reverse M has developed the following die cracks:
1. Die crack from the rim at 2:00 extends upward through the right wreath.
2. Severe die crack from the rim at 3:00 extends downward through the outer edge of the lower oak leaves and the tip of the middle arrowhead, where it exits into the rim at 4:00.
3. Moderately heavy die crack from the rim at 11:00 extends downward into the top of the left wreath

Comments: Variety 12a was first identified by this author during early February 2022. Variety 12a is characterized by Reverse M developing die cracking, with the most severe die crack located between 3:00 and 4:00. The severity of this die crack may portend the development of a die break in this area during a subsequent Reverse M die state.

Several 1906 reverses crack in the same location as the Reverse M die crack between 3:00 and 4:00. One notable 1906 reverse that developed die cracking in the same identical location and almost identical manner is Reverse AAB of the 1906 Variety 53 Die Pairing, which developed a retained break between 3:00 and 4:00.

Plate Coin (Variety 12): Robert Malo, Jr., VF35
Plate Coin (Variety 12a): Mark Clewell Collection, XF45

Die States For 1906 Variety 12

VARIETY 12 OBVERSE 13 REVERSE M
VARIETY 12a OBVERSE 13 REVERSE M.2