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Fuzzy, you are correct! Variety......no idea. LOL Grade is a bunch higher than VG!
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Hi
Need clear photo's of both sides then we can tell you what variety it may be.------(approx 300 different)
Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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It looks like the 9 may be R/P'd, but hard to tell. Yes, it's a narrow 9, but it's VF-20 at least
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Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
Edited by fourmack
11/05/2023 3:40 pm
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I appreciate that detailed information. I found it hard to read. Is there not a coins and Canada reference that's a bit simpler for me?
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As I stated above, it IS a narrow 9 and, if you wish, call it a "low 9" as well. However, since the 9 was hand punched into each die, there are high, low, near, far, canted right or left, etc, and any combination of them all. The question is "how low is the 9 actually" and there may be 7-8 low 9 dies and none of them alike. Any designation of a "low 9" is a misnomer at best.
If you want to see what specifci variety it is, of the 200+ narrow 9 varieties, then go to the Haxby site. Find an anomoly on the Obverse or Reverse, except for the vine breaks at 7 & 13 (ALL 1859's have breaks there) and start the "ID my coin section of the Haxby site. Try the D/C at 14 and/or the stem breaks at 6 & 13.
Edited by okiecoiner
11/06/2023 3:23 pm
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Ok, thanks. I try to keep it semi simple for my own collection purposed...kind of a blend between just having one from each year and not 200 of the same year. I usually just use coins and canada for that with some exceptions ie 1936 dot penny...pretty confident I don't need to leave space for a 2 x 2 for that one. But I see your point re the 9. Didn't know that was literally just punched on every coin manually.
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They weren't handpunched onto each "coin". Each Reverse "die" was handpunched, so there could have been 1000 to 40,000 struck with that die.
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Ok, I misread what you said earlier, thought you said each coin but I see now you said onto each die. But still 200+ varieties is a bit much for me. Unless I misread that too. lol
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Yes, well over 200 varieties or variety pairs, but some are "vanilla" and hard to see and add no value whatsoever. Those with repunched digits or lettters are the ones that folks go after. You still have a nice example of a 9 not normal and many D/C's.
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