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(2) 1894 RPD's for Indian cent experts. I was lucky to find one when pulling some lower grade Indian cents from my Whitman album for upgrading a few years back. lucky find eh? Well a few months ago I bought a couple hundred average circulated Indian's and upon going through them, I found another. They are both low grade but still interesting. are they snow-1's? Thanks for any additional info on them.    added a larger photo of the 1st Indian Edited by RK55
11/26/2012 10:57 pm
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I'd say they are from the same obv die. That is all I can say with the information presented. (Don't know Snow varieties, and I don't know if both coins have the same reverse die.)
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 They are both Snow-1 1894/1894--the diagnostics are unmistakeable--nice finds! I've found 3 so far. Here's what the date area looks in MS:  Edited by DVCollector
11/27/2012 3:46 pm
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Thanks for the confirmation!
Finding 3 is awesome!, I doubt finding a 3rd for me is realistic...having 2 is more than I could ask for.
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This is the best RPD in the whole IHC series--but a lot of dealers don't look for it. Two others that miss detection are the 1887 Snow-1 DDO and the 1897 Snow-1 MPD "1 in neck". I've found a few on ebay and at shows. 1887 Snow-1  1897 Snow-1  Edited by DVCollector
11/27/2012 3:55 pm
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Wow, Thanks for the info!..I had no idea about the 1897 Snow-1 MPD "1 in neck", I guess it's time to go through all those Indian cents again! |
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Dang I look for those 94's all the time...nothing and here you find two. Oh well, I'm happy for ye.
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These are more examples. Almost all of these I've cherrypicked on ebay. You need decent seller's picks to see some of these. The 1882, broken 2 is easy to spot. 1864L/18: S-1 (rarity 2)  1866/66 S-4 (rarity 2)  1869/69 S-3 (rarity 1)  1896/6 S-6 (rarity 2)   1897 S-1 (1 in neck attribution) Rarity 5 - a top variety with a premium of 10X. Easy to spot on ebay:  1882 S-2 "Broken top 2" (rarity 3) I spotted this one on the end of a roll of wheat/Indian cents, and got a bonus of a couple IHCs that were higher grade than what I had. I actually have 2 of these now - both "cherrypicked"   1891/1891 S-3 (rarity 3)   1907/1907 S-1 (rarity 3)  1907 90/90 S-2 (rarity 3)  1907 19/19 S-10 (rarity 2)  |
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Thanks for the additional photo's and info. Maybe after the Holidays I will re examine my lots of Indians!
RK
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Have fun with the search. I think 2 of my 1907s were extras that I had and didn't even realize what they were till I got out my magnifier and microscope. If you find more in your stash let us know!
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That's a nice group!  I've always wondered about the rarity of the 1897 S-1, since I've found 3 unattributed on ebay and in dealer bargain bins. |
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Rarity ratings can change, and are a bit like Red Book prices. The ones I quoted are from Rick Snow's attribution book. The 1897 S-1 may not be be as rare as it was assumed. They can be pretty easy to cherry pick. |
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