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Here is one from a CCN article that I wrote in 2010. Probably nothing new but interesting. An excerpt from the article: "Olter also submitted a Canadian 1899 cent that shows a Repunched Date as a 99/99. It's not a monster but it is respectable and is now listed in my files as VCR#1/RPD#1. Arrows point out die cracks that are diagnostic to this stage of the variety as it runs through the leaf and stem of wreath to the left of the 1 of date. Repunching is a process of entering individual characters or groups of characters or design elements (such as stars) into the dies with punches by hand via a hand punching operation. Doubling occurs when a Mint worker attempts to strengthen a character or design via repunching but fails to perfectly line up the first impression with later impression(s) received via subsequent taps of his mallet or via punch-bounce.    Edited by koinpro
04/25/2015 10:41 pm
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The 99's are great to collect and a good year for repunching type varieties. There were either alot of liquid lunches by the floor gang or alot of new apprentices because there are some huge offsets, especially the hi/lo's. There are also two different font styles for the 9's, intermixed. I don't remember any CCN article on the 99's, but we discussed them for years on the old CCRS site.
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We put 4 different RP-9's from 1899 in the Charlton 65th ed. There are others as well that didn't make that cut.
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dan-in-crystal-lake..
Are you able to show us some of the different 99's that are out there ...and possibly their relative "R #"..?
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okiecoiner..Thanks..!!..those are great examples..and most that I had not seen before.. Here is the 99 that I do have.. D   . . Edited by DEVLEC
04/26/2015 11:04 am
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That one, I think, is in the 2011 Charlton.
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I can see I have a lot of work to do it I ever plan to list all the 99s! LOL
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If I remeber correctly, I think that there are 7-8 different repunches in the date, some spacings, and some fonts. It's a neat year to collect.
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Posted 04/26/2015 08:07 am
