It was ask if I start a post with this coin.
I took some coins to a local
Indian Head cent expert.
To see if he thought any were worth sending in.
When he saw this one, he was very curious about the raised dot on the "O" in ONE on reverse.
Checking online,
Red Book and Cherry pickers.
I see that the raised dot, they have so far has the
raised dot on the "N".
It is a very interesting story, how a dot was punched into a die to aid catching a employee, that was suspected of stealing coins.
From what I read there was not much information on where the dot was placed.
I read a blog where Rick Snow posted he had the discovery coin. That was posted in 2008.
I think my question would be, if two coins come up with raised dots. How would we know which is the coin used to catch the employee or could there be more than one die that was punched.
One things I don't know was how many dies would be in the press, in 1875, that was making
Indian Head cents.
The story I read, the employee was caught with 33 coins in his pocket, some or all with dots.
Opinions?
as I always say .. my pictures are not the best .. coin looks pretty good in hand. And in hand the raised dot jumps right out.
Posted 01/17/2014 12:07 am
