Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1893 Variety 12


Obverse 14	Reverse N

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Clash Mark In Front Of Eye

Macro Photography Of Obverse 14 Repunched Digits
8 (Click Image To Enlarge)	9 (Click Image To Enlarge)	3 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Macro Photography Of Proposed Obverse 14 Misplaced 3
Misplaced 3 (Click Image To Enlarge)	Overlay Of Misplaced 3 (Click Image To Enlarge)

Reverse Diagnostics

Clash Marks Through (C)ENT

Clash Marks Located Right Of Denomination

Rim Breaks Between 5:00 and 6:30

Obverse 14 is identified by date placement at RE, the top of a possible misplaced 3 within the denticles below and to the left of the primary 3 of the date and date repunching that features initial date impressions to the south below the left side of the upper loop of the 8; to the north above the upper loop and within the upper and lower loops of the 9; to the north above the upper loop of the 3. Obverse 14 has acquired a clash mark in front of the eye of Miss Liberty from a clashing event with Reverse N.

Reverse N has acquired multiple clash marks through (C)ENT and to the right of the denomination. Reverse N has developed rim breakage between 5:00 and 6:30.

Comments: In regard to the artifact within the denticles below and to the left of the primary 3 of the date, I have proposed that this is the top of a misplaced 3 digit from an initial date impression that was located far to the southwest with respect to the final date placement. The curvature of the artifact provides a compelling argument that this a misplaced digit.

Reverse N has acquired at least two sets and possibly a third set of clash marks that indicate die rotations greater than the measured 2 degree clockwise rotation of Reverse N.

Plate Coin: Courtesy of David Killough Collection, AU50