Canada Victoria 1881-H "micro D" Large Cent

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larryt Valued Member Canada 51 Posts	Posted 05/04/2011 09:02 am I've searched and can't seem to locate an explanation for this coin variety - "Micro D". I've looked at my 1881H and compared against photos of the 'micro', but these old eyes are just not what they use to be. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

bosox Pillar of the Community United States 1349 Posts	Posted 05/04/2011 9:19 pm It is a badly re-punched D over D in DEI. The re-punched D is so low in relation to the first D that it looks like a minature D inside a regular D. The engraver must have been having a bad morning when he struck the manual punch. http://www.victoriancent.com 2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA. Report this Post to the Staff
Ugly Pillar of the Community Canada 1733 Posts	Posted 05/04/2011 10:50 pm They had just discovered a letter describing how to build and run a fractional distillation still the night before. Through some miracle they achieved 192 Proof right off the bat. The morning after was a problem however. In all seriousness I'm sure someone must have gotten yelled at over that. I mean they could cut precision gearing for a watch with common tools from that era, punching a die should have been relatively painless. Report this Post to the Staff
dan-in-crystal-lake Valued Member United States 493 Posts	Posted 05/05/2011 06:15 am my avatar is the Micro D Report this Post to the Staff
larryt Valued Member Canada 51 Posts	Posted 05/05/2011 08:05 am Thanks everyone. Report this Post to the Staff
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Canada Victoria 1881-H "Micro D" Large Cent