Just In: 1858 10c Blundered I Now Recognized By PCGS

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canadian-varieties Pillar of the Community Canada 1442 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 02:29 am https://www.PCGS.com/pop/valueview.aspx?s=509214 Edited by canadian-varieties 01/17/2018 02:30 am Report this Post to the Staff

okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5591 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 06:49 am I could never understand why this was ever called a "blundered I". To me, it was always an initial alignment mark for the dies to correctly orient them when making them ... the alignment mark placed at the very end of the "I". Report this Post to the Staff
canadian-varieties Pillar of the Community Canada 1442 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 07:11 am I've never been a fan of the term "blundered" for this either... Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 09:04 am An "alignment mark" on a die makes little sense for striking setup. The obverse is usually the hammer die, anyway, so even if that were the case, it would be upside-down and not visible to the operator. Even if the obverse is the anvil die in this case, why would one create a mark which not only disfigures the coin but covers only about a third of a millimeter of die space? If one were "eyeballing" the die into alignment, would not Her Majesty's portrait be a far better gauge? It's plainly a mispunched letter, one of many on that obverse, just the most obvious. I'm as fascinated by the mispunched digits and manifold die gouges in the reverse leaves. Pretty cool coin. Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5591 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 11:19 am The alignment I'm talking about is on the master used to make the hubs. Not all of the design is there in making the master (ie, the legend & monarch) and it's recessed... at least that's what I have been led to believe. They are punched in separately and need to be aligned to make sure that it's correct. Once the hub is made from the master, the alignment marks are removed (they are then in relief). I think that one of the hubs had the mark still on it and they removed it and ground/polished it off so the rest of the mintage didn't have the mark. This topic and this coin has been discussed many times on many forums over the years. I took everything that was written and pothecicised and made my own explanation that made sense to me, as an engineer. No one, even after a liquid lunch, could be that far off on a repunch. The mark doesn't even look like a real "I". I think that it was the result of the master to hub manufacturing process and one die got made with the alignment mark. Edited by okiecoiner 01/17/2018 11:44 am Report this Post to the Staff
Guybrush Valued Member Taiwan 192 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 12:00 pm Is the "blundered I" that one extra I above "DEI"? I'm unfamiliar with this kind of error Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5591 Posts	Posted 01/18/2018 8:44 pm Yes, that is the mark in question and it's NOT a "blundered I" .. it is an alignment mark for correctlt placing the elements of the master Obverse (denticles, legend and Monarch). Report this Post to the Staff
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