Posted 03/27/2012 06:27 am
The 1858's are an outstanding group to study for varieties. Rob Turner has written 2 books on the group. The first is 1858 and the 2nd is 1859/8. He has painstakingly identified all the die marriages between different obverses and reverses. 5 of these 1858 varieties were featured in the large cent section of Charlton that we did a year back. In addition 3 different 9/8 were also identified there as well.
While collecting by die pair is admittedly a stretch for a lot of people, there are really interesting date and letter over-punches in the group. I believe there are about 60 different die pairings for the 1858's and about 20 different ones for the 9/8's. I do collect this group by die pair so I'm always looking closely at the various markers to pick up a new one. I'm about 65-70% complete of all known 1858 die pairs and 95% for the 9/8s.
Here is a link to Robs website. http://www.victoriancent.com/
While collecting by die pair is admittedly a stretch for a lot of people, there are really interesting date and letter over-punches in the group. I believe there are about 60 different die pairings for the 1858's and about 20 different ones for the 9/8's. I do collect this group by die pair so I'm always looking closely at the various markers to pick up a new one. I'm about 65-70% complete of all known 1858 die pairs and 95% for the 9/8s.
Here is a link to Robs website. http://www.victoriancent.com/
