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TheCoinHunter Pillar of the Community Canada 1461 Posts	Posted 07/05/2018 2:55 pm Does anyone have any idea of distribution between Large Date 1858 5 Cents RP 1,2 & 3(#1,#2,#3). ICCS does not track this in the census and sales numbers are scarce. Report this Post to the Staff

canadian-varieties Pillar of the Community Canada 1442 Posts	Posted 07/05/2018 7:33 pm I do...but I'm saving that research for my book :)... that being said...none of the RP1, RP2 or RP3 are much rarer than the other two... Report this Post to the Staff
TheCoinHunter Pillar of the Community Canada 1461 Posts	Posted 07/06/2018 11:42 am Other two? Are you actually saying that LD is more rare that any of the RPs? Report this Post to the Staff
canadian-varieties Pillar of the Community Canada 1442 Posts	Posted 07/06/2018 11:58 am I see where the confusion is... in my view...there are 3 types of large dates, as all large dates are repunched in some way... so there is only LD-RP1, LD-RP2 and LD-RP3 with similar distribution... There is no unrepunched Large Date - at least, of the 50 Large Dates I've seen, I've never seen one that wasn't repunched... Report this Post to the Staff
JHax Valued Member United States 302 Posts	Posted 07/06/2018 12:07 pm The large date is punched over the small date, the configuration on the reverse punch that sank the dies. So, a "plain" large date is an impossibility. Report this Post to the Staff
TheCoinHunter Pillar of the Community Canada 1461 Posts	Posted 07/07/2018 3:05 pm Got it...Thanks for that...The confusion stems from C&C and Charlton both listing LD plus the 3 varieties (5 total id you include the Specimen). Charlton somewhat clarifies this by stating no "plain" LD have been ever certified. So I deduce from that there there are also no known legible grade examples of a RP LD that completely masks the SD? Correct? Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5586 Posts	Posted 07/07/2018 4:15 pm There was a 4-digit large-font date struck that made the LD/SD working dies. The master for 1858 was a small date that made the hubs that made the dies, etc. You can't have a LD coin that wasn't stamped over a small date. Edited by okiecoiner 07/07/2018 4:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff
JHax Valued Member United States 302 Posts	Posted 07/13/2018 2:11 pm I think it is essentially impossible to have a large date that completely obliterates the small date under it because of the large openings in the centers of the LD 8s. Report this Post to the Staff
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