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1872 50 Cents Variety?
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 4:49 pm
by D34M3D
This coin looks to have details from different known die varieties? Would it be a new variety or is it one of the known varieties?
Re: 1872 50 Cents Variety?
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:15 pm
by coinguy
Looks like the Repunched A variety to me.
Iām sure if there are any new varieties, they would have been discovered in the last 150 years.
What are you seeing that leads you to believe it is a new variety?
Re: 1872 50 Cents Variety?
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:59 pm
by Bill in Burl
Lets hope that pginrh chimes in, the 50 cent guru.
Re: 1872 50 Cents Variety?
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2023 8:54 am
by momomomo
Re: 1872 50 Cents Variety?
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:14 pm
by D34M3D
momomomo wrote: āFri Nov 17, 2023 8:54 am
There are several A's on the obverse
cadnn.jpg
nad-.jpg
Last A in CANADA
Re: 1872 50 Cents Variety?
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:16 pm
by D34M3D
D34M3D wrote: āTue Dec 05, 2023 10:14 pm
momomomo wrote: āFri Nov 17, 2023 8:54 am
There are several A's on the obverse
cadnn.jpg
nad-.jpg
Last A in CANADA
But the S in CENTS is also doubled
Re: 1872 50 Cents Variety?
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:35 am
by coinguy
You never mentioned the S on the reverse, that would have nothing to do with the A on the obverse.
Hard to tell from that photo, a closeup such as you showed with the A would help but from what I can
see, it looks more like damage than doubling.
Re: 1872 50 Cents Variety?
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:16 am
by Bill in Burl
I can see some Mechanical/machine doubling (MD) on some of the letters, but that's not really repunched type doubling. Once the die is tightened back into the holder, the letters would be OK. They have been known for years, starting with Zoell. Very smal premium on CaC, but not a collectible psuedo-variety.