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I was cleaning out some of my Canadian large cents when I noticed one 1881-H that had strong repunching. When I looked closer, it had most of the obverse letters repunched three times, and some letters in between look like they also were punched three times, but the delineation between punches isn't as clear. But if you look at those letters, one of the lines will appear thicker, suggesting that time and use have worn them just enough to obscure the separate lines. Also these "thicker" lines are right next to the stronger triple punched letters. Please check out the pictures and let me know what you think. Please forgive the different orientation of the pictures, I moved them to best put light in areas that show the tripling . I also have some upside down for the same reason. Check the g in Gratia, bottom of the curve for 3 lines, . Check Canada, top of the C, and the very tip of the A for 3 corners.            |
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I very nice find. Those are hard to come by.
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Thank you John1, I did go to the site (and have before) and looked closer. It would seem that my coin is very similar to DD die #2. Okiecoiner and coinfrog - thank you for checking out my find. I guess my question would be - Is this an extremely hard to find type, or reasonably easy to find if you look long and hard? I have about 10 or 11 of the type #1, but only this #2. Again many thanks to all of you - and okiecoiner, you have corrected many of my errors in the past , so I always value your opinion.
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One last question - Would this not be termed a triple die coin, rather than double die?
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Great find!
Errers and Varietys.
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Would this not be termed a triple die coin, rather than double die? It certainly could be called that. I guess "double die" is a general term that we use for most coins made from dies that have multiple impressions from punches. Your coin is listed in the back of the 2011 Charlton catalog on page 311. Nice find!
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Again to all of you checking my coin, thank you. I hope you will feel free to let me know if I am wrong in my assumptions. When I think that I have a particular "find", I ask loudly for confirmation, and hearing no negatives, I then "assume" I am right. Well, I learned in the Corps all about the word assume. But I am hopeful I have come to the right conclusions- with your help.
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Yes, I know that we included some of the '81 doubled coins in our variety section. They are neat coins
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"I guess my question would be - Is this an extremely hard to find type, or reasonably easy to find if you look long and hard?"
If you break the 1881 mintage up between dies that coined <1%, 1-3% and > 3% of the mintage, this particular one falls in the middle group. It's one of my favorites because it's so interesting.
Edited by dan-in-crystal-lake
09/15/2023 08:20 am
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Nice coin. The 1882 versions, both double die and triple die, are considerably scarcer than the 1881s.
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Just a note: it is not called a double or triple die,it is doubled die or tripled die. John1  |
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Picking nits?
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The "nits" are correct. My error. A nice tripled die. Thanks, John1.
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