1887 1 Cent What Is Different? - Coin Community Forum

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hhbkiddo Pillar of the Community Canada 1248 Posts	Posted 05/26/2010 10:05 pm here are 2 1887 1 cent pieces. Are these two different font types used? AND, is the top coin a 7/7? Report this Post to the Staff

bosox Pillar of the Community United States 1353 Posts	Posted 05/27/2010 12:51 pm Same answer as the 1901 and yes the digit is a 7/7. 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
R2bR2c Valued Member Canada 153 Posts	Posted 06/10/2010 07:49 am There are more than 4 different types of 7/7's for this date and it's one of the few Vicky dates where there are offsets to be found in every direction ...L/R, R/L, H/L & L/h. It is the only date, other than the 1859 where there are large enough easily visible offsets to be seen in all 4 directions. There are varying degrees of offsets on the 7/7's as well. Report this Post to the Staff
hhbkiddo Pillar of the Community Canada 1248 Posts	Posted 06/10/2010 11:00 am R2B, what do you mean with OFFSETS? Report this Post to the Staff
R2bR2c Valued Member Canada 153 Posts	Posted 06/10/2010 12:30 pm It is the degree of doubling on the letter/digit. Or the amount of difference between one strike and the other (or how far off the punch was0> Or How much is peeeking out from under the last strike. Report this Post to the Staff
Ugly Pillar of the Community Canada 1733 Posts	Posted 06/10/2010 2:56 pm HH... recall what I said about distance to center and angular placement? This is where overlays are the cats meow. It's part and parcel of how they did things. At the time they could make a steam piston with 1/500th of an inch tolerance that ran for 60 years, make perfect babbit alloys that never deviated but they couldn't punch a coin straight. God Save the Queen. Report this Post to the Staff
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