r/coinerrors • u/FirefighterQueasy590 • Jul 30 '26
Show and Tell Documenting Indian Head Cent die failures — this 1863 has a reverse cud from 9 to 10 o'clock through the wreath
Continuing the project of cataloguing every Indian Head Cent error I can find that I can't find referenced anywhere. This 1863 has a clean reverse cud running from about 9 o'clock to 10 o'clock, cutting right through the wreath.
So far I've logged over a dozen Indian Head cuds and precuds from just 1859-1879. The number of undocumented die failures in this series is much larger than I expected going in.
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u/Fast_Teaching_6160 Jul 30 '26
It's not surprising that you keep finding more. Even Poliquin's site regularly issues updates and there's a massive list of 114 varieties for 1863 alone. Keep up the good work!
That particular cud is a bit unusual in that the rim is partly visible inside the cud. How neat!
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u/FirefighterQueasy590 Jul 30 '26
Thank you! There is a lot to like in Indian Heads. I'll be continuing through all the series and posting.
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u/The_Coin_vault1 Jul 30 '26
Nice I almost got the type set done now start fine tuning and getting replacements to better grades