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14ers Valued Member United States 230 Posts	Posted 01/10/2013 07:14 am A newly purchased 1844 Large Cent arrived yesterday and I noticed something while taking a close look at it. It looks like it has faint signs of a repunched date. I don't have a Newcomb book to check so I don't know if there is one out there for this date. I am familiar with the 44/18 date error as in RedBook and this is not one of those. Either my eyes or my imagination sees a faint line extending to the left of the lower serf on the one. Also, a raised curved line low between the one and the eight. They look like a faint image of the bottom left of the 18. I have two photos with different angles and lighting. Anyone have any info on this? Anyone else even seeing what I am seeing? Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/10/2013 08:00 am Nothing in my Cherry Pickers Guide guide for 1844. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Roderick New Member United States 34 Posts	Posted 01/10/2013 11:01 am What you have is not the 1844 over inverted 18 date large cent or Newcomb-2. I have been looking for one for a longtime on ebay (on the cheap of course). For the error to be obvious to without the assistance of a microscope or loop, you must have a much higher grade coin. You should be looking for "ears" on the top sides of the upper loop of the 8 and a pair of similar protuberances from the sides near the top, but not on the top of the last 4. There is an excellent image of this variety on the PCGS Coin Facts web site. On second look, it may be that the tops of the two fours have been re-cut. Newcomb lists seven varieties for this year but without full images of the obverse and reverse I could not possibly attempt to determine the variety. Roderick Edited by Roderick 01/10/2013 11:12 am Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/10/2013 1:35 pm Looks to be a N-1. The position of the point of the curl over the 8 has to be N-1, 2, or 3. The edge of the bust is too far left to be N-3. The edge of the left foot of the 1 is nearly over the left edge of the dentical below it, that matches N-1. On N-2 it would be over the right edge of the dentical. Quote: Either my eyes or my imagination sees a faint line extending to the left of the lower serf on the one. Also, a raised curved line low between the one and the eight. And those two lines are the diagnostics listed by Grellman for the obverse die of N-1. Report this Post to the Staff
14ers Valued Member United States 230 Posts	Posted 01/11/2013 9:16 pm Thank you Conder101. I guess it isn't going to fatten my retirement fund much. Roderick: you asked for a look at the whole coin. Here it is... Report this Post to the Staff
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