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1891-O

Variety 117

 Obverse 14: Misplaced 89 In Denticles, Medium Date, Slight Downward Slope

Reverse P: Medium O, [mm Lt,H,TL2], Mintmark Doubled

        

Obverse 14                                                Reverse P

 

Obverse Diagnostic Point(s)                   Reverse Diagnostic Point(s)

        

        

Comments: The tops of an 8 and 9 punch are seen in the denticles below the final 89 digits. On Obverse 14, there is a die crack through the bottom of UNITE(D STATES). Interestingly, the Medium O mintmark on Reverse P appears to be repunched east. However, a closer examination of the entire reverse devices revealed strike doubling on this coin. Is it possible that the first conclusion of a repunched mintmark may be incorrect and the actual cause of the doubled mintmark is strike doubling? Chris Pilliod first identified the misplaced 8 and 9 digits in the denticles.

Plate Coin: G. Fortin Collection, VF30 - Kevin Flynn Plate Coin

1891-O Varieties 101, 102, 102a, 103, 103a, 104, 105, 106, 106a, 107, 108, 109, 110, 110a, 111, 112, 113, 114, 114a, 114b, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 123a, 124, 124a, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129

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