DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES


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1906 Variety 17

Obverse 18

Reverse R


Obverse Diagnostics



Date Position
Misplaced 0 and 6 (Click Image To Enlarge)
Orientation and Location Of Misplaced 0 and 6


Reverse Diagnostics


Macro Photography Of Reverse R Die Lines In Shield And Hub Doubling Within Left Wreath

Die Lines Within Shield (Click Image To Enlarge)
Lower Wreath Doubling (Click Image To Enlarge)
Upper Wreath Doubling (Click Image To Enlarge)


Macro Photography Of Reverse R Hub Doubling Within Right Wreath

Lower Wreath (Click Image To Enlarge)
Lower Middle Wreath (Click Image To Enlarge)


Macro Photography Of Reverse R Hub Doubling Within Right Wreath

Upper Middle Wreath (Click Image To Enlarge)
Upper Wreath (Click Image To Enlarge)



Reverse R Die Crack Mapping


Obverse 18 is identified by date placement at RH and the tops of a misplaced 0 and 6 in the denticles below and to the left of the primary 0 and 6 of the date.

Reverse R is rotated 3 degrees clockwise and is identified by die lines located within the vertical shield bars and Class II Hub Doubling of the oak leaves, oak leaf veins and bottoms of the lower and middle arrowheads.  Reverse R has developed the following die cracks:
1.  Die crack from the rim at 3:15 downward through the lower right wreath, middle and lower arrowheads and along the lower arrow shaft to the right ribbon end.
2.  Die crack extends from die crack #1 and continues upward through the center of the right wreath.
3.  Die crack from the rim at 6:00 upward through the olive leaves and oak leaves to a point at 8:45 within the left wreath.
4.  Die crack from the denticles at 8:30 upward through the left wreath.

Comments:  Variety 17 represents the initial usage of Obverse 18, which will later be paired with Reverse AAAR of the 1906 Variety 95 Die Pairing.

Plate coin:  Courtesy of Steve Shaw Collection, VF35 details

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