1867 Three Cent Date Positioning Question

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Kaklik New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 06:47 am Hi Everyone. New to the Forum. Have a question about date position on 1867 Three Cent coin. Was looking for a Three Cent piece to buy and found several 1867 pieces with different date position. Are there so many varieties? Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 07:48 am to CCF. Here is some info https://www.coincommunity.com/us_th...t_nickel.asp Give it a bit and a pro will chime in. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188130 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 10:32 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 11:31 am The dates were punched into the individual dies by hand so their position varies. Then you have to consider that the mint was not good at working with the unusually hard coppernickel alloy and it cause very rapid failure of the dies. So there were a LOT of dies, probably between 40 and 80 or more die pairs. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 1:02 pm This series is known for goofy date punching. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Kaklik New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 1:13 pm Interesting, thank you for complete explanation Conder101. Is the whole Three Cent series so? Or it's just some early years releases? Report this Post to the Staff
70Shark Valued Member United States 56 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 2:52 pm Gifford estimates 78 obverse working dies. The early dates of the series has the most issues especially die clashing and date issues. Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 01/17/2018 5:17 pm There are very few collectors of such differing positions, so there is almost no additional value. Report this Post to the Staff
Kaklik New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 01/18/2018 03:01 am Thanks everyone for participation and help, got some interesting knowledge Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/18/2018 1:45 pm Quote: The early dates of the series has the most issues especially die clashing and date issues. Of course the late issues had such small mintages that a low fewer dies were needed. Report this Post to the Staff
Debrajc Pillar of the Community United States 4211 Posts	Posted 01/18/2018 5:12 pm Kat! Report this Post to the Staff
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