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1859 Large Cent. Victoria Has A Headache, And Other Interesting Die Artifacts

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I think this is the 10th 1859 to join my collection so far!

I have not attributed it yet (just got it) but I grabbed it because it was inexpensive - and mainly because of the large die crack through G that gives Victoria quite a headache. There's also a large die crack with two die chips on the reverse at the leaf left of the O that terminates between K11-K12, a smaller die crack that starts at K7 from the rim towards the 1 in the date, and a die crack that starts just above K3. Both vine loops are broken across from the 9 and so is the one across from C.

There is also a "skinny" central die crack or planchet flaw that runs inside the beads from K6, touches the 5 and both N's, and terminates at the beads just right of K12, as well as some striations running east-west above CENT (the line horizontally through CENT is an old pin scratch IMO.)

I took the photos with strong lighting to show the die oddities (the coin is very natural looking in hand, a nice chocolate brown with hints of a bronzier reddish color.)

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Nice coin to add to your 1859 collection! That obverse die and the 4 reverses associated with it are some of my favorites.

The 1859's can get addictive if you're not careful.
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I believe it to be PC59-237 (77a+P15c) state 2
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I believe it to be PC59-237 (77a+P15c) state 2


Yes, it is.
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I think this is the 10th 1859 to join my collection so far!
Very nice!
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And it's a rarity 5, which makes it fairly scarce. Congrats.
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Not a bad buy at $5 then!

I love 1859's. There's a ton of varieties, and they're usually quite inexpensive until you get into the repunched dates/overdates.

I still need an 1858, the expensive 1859 overdates and the scarcer 1891 varieties to finish my Uni-Safe album for Large Cents, but finding an 1858 that's both affordable and doesn't have a lot of problems is quite a difficult task.
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