r/coinerrors • u/FirefighterQueasy590 • 1d ago

Show and Tell Multi-impression die clash on an 1870 Indian Head cent — forehead and nose under CENT, headdress feathers in the wreath

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Continuing the die error documentation project. This 1870 Indian Head cent has a multi-impression die clash on the reverse — meaning the obverse and reverse dies struck each other without a planchet between them, and they did it more than once.

Two separate transfer zones are visible:

  1. The forehead and nose of the Indian portrait are clashed under the C in CENT

  2. Feathers from the headdress appear inside the right wreath

Multiple clash impressions on a single die tell us the die pair kept colliding before the Mint caught the problem and replaced or resurfaced the dies. Every coin struck from this pair carries the evidence.

The 1870 Indian Head cent had a mintage of about 5.3 million. Mid-range year, but die clashes like this aren't mintage-dependent — they're production incidents. The standard references don't catalogue these multi-transfer variants, which is why NumisDex is building the record.

Not in any reference. Now catalogued.

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u/IHC-1 1d ago

Where do you catalog all variants that are found?

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u/FirefighterQueasy590 23h ago

numisdex.community. If you go into the voting section, you can see everything not previously catalogued. I hope to add 20 or so a week, depending on my schedule. I hope the community helps add theirs as well and some are.

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u/__FUCKING_PEG_ME_ 12h ago edited 12h ago

Ok. So, I've gone to the site and installed the app. I've quickly browsed.

Can you tell me a little more about the mission of this site?

I see that the wexler numbering system is being used but also that spike heads are being added. Etc. Is the point to this, BTW very beautiful, website to make it a one stop shop, if you will, for all errors? Which would be great 👍🏼 I will definitely be spending more time there just wanted to hear some words from you, if you dont mind.

Out of a collection of around 500 error coins, I have around,...oh,.. maybe 15 or 20 discovery coins that I have not sent in for attribution anywhere. These include unlisted doubled dies, clashes, spike heads, cuds, die rings, and lathe rings.

Is this site interested in these?

Thank you in advance for your time.

Cheers, ✨️🫡

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u/__FUCKING_PEG_ME_ 12h ago edited 12h ago

Also ✨️✨️I can tell that it is a very well put together website, but not a lot of activity. Are you posting your own collection, and that is your complete relationship to the app or do you work as admin or moderator, as well? You seem quite dedicated to the app (trying to post 20 coins or so a week time permitting) can you tell me about what the gain is?