1881 And 1896 One Cent Coins

If you look closely at the letters on the Obverse, you may see a few that might have been repunched/doubled. The '81's have many varieites. The 1896 had the last "6" handpunched into the working die, so the "6" can be all over the place ... near, far, high, low, rotated, etc. There used to be a supposed variety called a "far 6" that initially sold for a nice premium. However, that was do the much discussion on coin sites about how "rare" that they were. With 2 million minted and around a 30-40,000 coins minted (average) by each working die, you have between 40 and 50 different placements for the 6 digit. To be technically correct, a variety needs to be made by a specific die or set of dies. The old name of "far 6" could have meant far, somewhat far, kinda far, medium, far far, etc, etc. The REAL variety that was initially called the "far 6" was a far, far, high, slight CCW rotation. 5 years ago, some dealer would have sold your coin as a "far 6", but it's really not .. it's just punched further right than some others.

Check those out :

https://www.vickycents.com/

https://www.jandm.com/script/getite...CID=3&PID=76

http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins...=1-cent-1881

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