Posted 09/03/2021 08:49 am
Thanks Hounddog for the excellent description of this die pair and suggestions for the catalog! I will list these for this die pair in the notebook I keep. We haven't made any changes in the catalog for awhile, but will add at least some of these to the next round. With 321 dies (222 reverse, 99 obverse) to keep track of, it's hard to show everything that's there on each one. But we try to add helpful information when we can.
There's no end to what you can find on 1859's when you have higher grade examples to study. There's a lot of re-punching and die marks that disappear as the coin wears. That's part of the fascination of collecting and studying them. The I of VICTORIA on the obverse 43 is one of those major re-punches that is discernible on even lower grade coins. A closeup photo of that would definitely be helpful in the catalog as a die defining feature.
There's no end to what you can find on 1859's when you have higher grade examples to study. There's a lot of re-punching and die marks that disappear as the coin wears. That's part of the fascination of collecting and studying them. The I of VICTORIA on the obverse 43 is one of those major re-punches that is discernible on even lower grade coins. A closeup photo of that would definitely be helpful in the catalog as a die defining feature.
Edited by Phil310
09/03/2021 09:18 am
09/03/2021 09:18 am
