Help - 1859 Cent Victoria - Wide "9"?

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bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 07/29/2009 10:12 am Hi, can you help me? Wide "9" variety? Report this Post to the Staff

malissadawn Pillar of the Community Canada 1931 Posts	Posted 07/29/2009 10:22 am hi bobo looks to me like wide 9 over 8 variety. :) Report this Post to the Staff
bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 07/29/2009 11:25 am Thanks :) Report this Post to the Staff
hhbkiddo Pillar of the Community Canada 1248 Posts	Posted 07/29/2009 11:31 am Malissa is right on!! Report this Post to the Staff
bosox Pillar of the Community United States 1353 Posts	Posted 07/29/2009 3:54 pm Your coin is an example of an 1859 over 1858 cent. The Royal Mint used twelve different 1858 dated reverse dies, each manually over-punched with the wider 9, to mint a small portion of the 1859 mintage. As a result, there are actually twelve different and distinct 1859 over 1858 reverses, commonly lumped together and called "wide 9 over 8" cents due to the same wide 9 punch used to obscure the 8. From your photos I'd would say that yours is one of the more common of the twelve dies, although all twelve are at least moderately scarce. If I have judged correctly from your photos, your coin should have a heavily doubled O in ONE and the 9 should look like this: http://www.victoriancent.com 2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA. Report this Post to the Staff
bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 07/29/2009 5:33 pm :) Yes, "O" is doubled. Thank you Report this Post to the Staff
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