Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1906 Variety 75


Obverse 74	Reverse AAX

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched 19

Misplaced 906 In The Denticles

Misplaced 906 Digits Location and Orientation

Close-up Of Misplaced 6 Digits

Obverse 74 is identified by date placement at C, misplaced 906 digits in the denticles below the primary 906 digits of the date and repunched date that features an initial date impression to the north above the right base of the 1 and an initial date impression to the north above the ball of the 9.

Reverse AAX is rotated 9 degrees clockwise.

Comments: The above plate coin was submitted by David Killough during mid January 2018 for inclusion in this book based on the misplaced digits and repunched date of Obverse 74. Upon examination of David's coin, I have found that his coin was struck from a previously identified die pairing originally discovered by Kevin Flynn. However, David's submission provided a plate coin to illustrate Variety 75 as well as the Variety 75 attributes of the Obverse 74 date repunching and Reverse AAX die rotation that were not previously mentioned in Flynn's discovery.

Close examination of the Obverse 74 misplaced digits reveals two separate impressions of the 6 digit in the denticles, which would indicate at least two initial date impressions into the denticles occurred.

David's submission included two examples of the Variety 75 die pairing, which brings a total of three examples known thus far.

Plate coin: Courtesy of David Killough Collection, VF20