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Rest in Peace
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Hi guys..Here is a 1897 penny (in bad shape I know), but are all of them stamped with a low "7"" in the date..? Robert  |
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I believe they were hand punched in to the die, if so than the spacing and height of the number will always vary depending on which die the coin came from. if the dies were hand punched then there will be differences provided this date of cents was struck with more than one reverse die for the year.
Feel free to call me Will.
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No, you will find the seven all over the place high, low, right or left as the last digit was hand punched separately.
Cheers, Bill
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Rest in Peace
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Yes, they were all over and there are some very nice R/P's as well for the date. I like the '87's.
Whoops ... I misread the date. I thought that it was an 1887, not a '97. The last digit was handpunched, so they move around, but nothing like the '87's. The '97 R/P's have some small offsets, but still nothing like the '87's.
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11/02/2015 06:49 am
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I like the Victorian LCs, they are cool and I always check everyone I come across. some great varieties for sure. yesterday I found an 1888 with no N in CENT. ever heard or seen one before oakie? sorry to the op, not trying to steal your thread, I just want to ask the expert with out starting a new thread.
Feel free to call me Will.
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I guess it was neat times at the mint when the pressman can repunch clean up dies for the next batch of production
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I found an 1888 with no N in CENT. So it just says 'ONE CET'? Also, were the first three digits hubbed or punched by hand? |
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yup, that's what I have wriiten on the 2x2.
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well, there is the faintest N but it is weak enough that I call it a one cet.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Oh, I thought you meant that the letter was missing altogether, with no space between the E and T. Still interesting, though.
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Dollarman ... Can you post a pic of the coin with the missing letter?
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I personally do not have a camera, I can try to bug the guys down at my lcs to scan it for you during the week.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Do you have a phone with a camera?
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Oh, I thought you meant that the letter was missing altogether, with no space between the E and T. Now THAT cent would be highly sought after!! |
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Now, there must have been a teenage craze way back where the large cents of any date had the E in cent manually maipulated (sometimes very crudely and childishly so) into a "U". Is that what yours is or does it look like a filled die?
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