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I bought this on ebay hoping this was a 9 over inverted 6. But it looks like a nine over 8. Do you agree? What type of 9 over 8? It doesn't look like my others.

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 Posted 08/09/2013  10:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jkol2369 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yeah I see the 8
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it looks like 8 to me too. I just ordered a few of these so hopefully I can join in the fun.
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Not sure about the 8 IT looks like a 9 over 9 with the under one slightly rotated ?
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my first thought was also kind of looks like a 9... some maybe it is inverted 6?

the 8 in 9/8 is much different (at least on the one I have)

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08/11/2013 5:17 pm
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It is a 9 over 8. There are several different 9/8 varieties, 14 I think with 22 different coins to collect is you are going for die pairings. Each one is characteristically different in how the 9/8 presents. Rob Turner wrote a nice book on the varieties. It is in it's 2nd edition at present. This is a great series to collect if you want to cut your teeth on varieties. Not too many to get and there seems to be a reasonable supply of them available.
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There are two 9 over inverted 9 reverse known at present. Here are links to detailed pages describing what to look for. The second one is the one in the Charlton catalog.

http://www.vickycents.com/rev-i4.html http://www.vickycents.com/obv-o42.html

Charlton Catalog Coin
http://www.vickycents.com/rev-i7.html http://www.vickycents.com/obv-o45a.html

The main thing to note is the semi-circle within the upper portion of the 9 which shows the inversion. Enjoy! ed

I forgot to mention that the coin in Charlton has real distictive markers. A heavily repunched C in CANADA and a die crack at leaf #12 on the reverse are key. I added a link to the obverse page for both coins. So you can see both side of each coin for yourself. Happy hunting.
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