Definitive Reference For Indian Cent Die Varieties

DEFINITIVE REFERENCE FOR INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES

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1900 Variety 24


Obverse 27	Reverse AA

Obverse Diagnostics

Date Position

Repunched Date (Click Image To Enlarge)

Die Polish Lines (Click Image To Enlarge)

Macro Photography Of Obverse 27 Clash Marks
Front Of Forehead and Eye	Above Feathers (Click Image To Enlarge)

Macro Photography Of Obverse 27.2 Clash Marks
Front Of Head (Click Image To Enlarge)	Above Feathers (Click Image To Enlarge)

Reverse Diagnostics

Macro Photography Of Reverse AA and Reverse AA.2 Clash Marks
Clash Mark Through (C)ENT	Right Of Denomination (Click Image To Enlarge)	Rev. AA.2 Clash Marks Through (C)ENT

Obverse 27 is identified by date placement at B and date repunching that features initial date impressions to the south below the serif of the 1, to the east within the lower loop of the 9 and to the the east within the first 0. Obverse 27 is observed with the presence of die polish lines. Obverse 27 has acquired clash marks from a clashing event with Reverse AA.
Obv. 27.2: Obverse 27 has acquired additional clash marks from a second clashing event with Reverse AA.

Reverse AA is rotated 5 degrees clockwise and has acquired clash marks from a clashing event with Obverse 27.
Rev. AA.2: Reverse AA has acquired additional clash marks from a second clashing event with Obverse 27.

Comments: Variety 24 was first identified by this author during 2007.

Variety 24a was first identified by David Killough, who submitted the Variety 24a Plate Coin during mid May 2021.

Plate Coin (Variety 24): Mark Clewell Collection, MS63RB (Snow 24 Plate Coin)
Plate Coin (Variety 24a): Courtesy of David Killough Collection, AU58

Die States For 1900 Variety 24

VARIETY 24 OBVERSE 27 REVERSE AA
VARIETY 24a OBVERSE 27.2 REVERSE AA.2