So if I understand from this one, and the fact that top left branch of the "H" is under the leaf, the "H" was punched prior to the full die punch?

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I have an 1898 H Cent which I think the H is unusually high, the left top bar of the H is under the leaf. Is this a special variety or just a die error, I wouldn't believe it to be a die error, since the characters on a die aren't mobile, so I figure there was a die that was made with the "H" higher...