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1853

With Arrows - Unhubbed Date and Arrows

Variety 107

 Obverse 7: Repunched Date, Medium Level Date

Reverse G: Die Cracks

        

Obverse 7                                                Reverse G

 

Obverse Diagnostic Point(s) on Early Die State Example

  

Reverse Diagnostic Point(s) on Late Die State Example

        

Comments: This obverse/reverse die pair comes in various die states. Early die state examples will show stronger repunching on the 853 in the date and faint die cracks on the reverse. As the dies age, the date repunching is diminished and the reverse die cracks become more obvious under a loupe.

John McCloskey first published this 1853 With Arrows repunched vareity in the March 1980 issue of the Gobrecht Journal.

Plate Coin: G. Fortin Collection, AU50