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Valued Member
Canada
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I wonder if anyone help me identify the variety of this 1859 1 cent coin? I can tell that it's a narrow 9, but I can't tell if it's a standard 9 or a re-punch or some kind of double strike. It doesn't match any of the examples in the Charlton guide, the 9 is too fat and the end curls up to touch the loop.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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looks like a small low nine..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can you provide a close-up of the date?
Also, is there a die crack at leaf #4, (about 2:30)?
Dick
Edited by livingdinasaur
11/28/2010 10:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Jayson, welcome to the forum!
I just noticed your post talley.
Dick
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Valued Member
 Canada
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First, thanks for the welcome. Been to the site a lot but never had anything to post before. Here is a closer shot of the date. Also, I'm fairly new to this and not totally up to the terminology, do you mean the leaf on the top right just above the T?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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can you take a toothpick or hawthorn point and clean out the top inside of the 9? perhaps there is something...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Perhaps Dan in crytall lake would chime in?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Jayson, yes, that is the one I refer to. It appears to have a die crack in exactly the same place as on a die, that I checked. It was suggested you clean some of the crud from inside the loop of the 9. I suspect he sees what I might be also seeing. Clean it in the upper area, and see id there is a raised 'arc" going across the upper 1/3 of the loop.
Dan, or Rob, is this from die R1O-L33, by any chance?
TIA,
Dick
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Valued Member
Canada
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Edited by Jayson
11/29/2010 10:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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unfortunately.... I am not seeing what I hoped to see..... the arc.....
sorry fellows.... maybe next time.... just lost one with the arc on the bay...
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Valued Member
Canada
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Also I noticed that the last A in Canada on the obverse is filled in. Don't know if that's common or not.
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Dan, did you buy the the DP5 at the Bay?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Jayson, the crack I thiught I saw on leaf four is not a crack, however, the last A in Canada is a crack. that is most of the reason it is filled in.
Like Dan said, it is a narrow nine. not much else there. Sorry, but we tried!
Dick
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Valued Member
Canada
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Thanks everyone, I always knew it was a narrow nine, just didn't know if it was a particular kind, if it had a bolded font or anything. Anyway, appreciate all the input.
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Posted 11/28/2010 10:06 pm
