1881-H 1 Cent- Please Identify A Possible Variety And Or Error

I've always liked this variety. Your coin, as well as okie's are the same variety with okie's being a later die state. This GR-91 shows a strong bead clash across L8-L10 with a letter clash from the tip of L9 to the vine between the leaf tip and the bead clash as shown in both of your close up shots of the clash. In each of your full reverse shots you can see a bust clash starting at the bead line just right of the H and travelling to the bead line under the first 1.

There is another, lesser known GR-91 bead clash on a different die. This one is a single bead clash like your example but only at L9 and towards L10. It is a lighter clash. There is no letter clash at L9 on this one but there is the bust clash. The die cracking on each of the dies that produced these 2 GR-91's is different.

For all of you that have a multiple GR-91's in your collection, take a closer look. You might well have 2 different varieties rather than just the 1. We almost always stop when we see the GR-91 clash. Look just a bit deeper, you might be surprised at what you have.

If this is the C in CANADA on the obverse, then we are talking about the same coin, yes. As with all clashes, not all coins will have them. Only 25% of the coins (that I have seen) associated with the obverse that has this die crack through the C in CANADA, have the light G-91 clash.

Bingo! that's what I'm talking about.

The original GR-91 that everyone is familiar with is against a 1a obverse. This additional one is against a 1a/1 obverse with the die crack in the C as shown. As I mentioned 75% of the coins I have seen with that obverse don't exhibit the GR-91 clash.

Jim, can you give me any other markers such as die breaks on the rev and anything on the obverse such as doubling or die breaks?

Jim, There isn't enough detail in the photos for me to determine much of anything. A photo of the N's on the Obverse, the die crack at the A in VICTORIA and the bust would help. you can skip the bust if you can tell me definitively obv 1, 1a or 1a/1.

Jim, I believe you are correct about the same obverse as the other one you have. About 20% of the coins I've seen of this obverse are in DS-0 meaning that there are no die cracks or impairments on the die from use. DS-1 through DS-5 has the radial crack at the C in CANADA as you have seen. There will be doubling evident on the serifs of DEI and GRATIA as well as REGI. Most evident in GRATIA. The combination of markers that will identify this variety are the thick bottom O in VICTORIA in conjunction with the doubling on the second A in GRATIA and the N in CANADA which is a slight N/N showing at the upper left with the left stand flaring wider at the bottom.