1866 RPD 3c came from Sweden today. Warning lots of pictures

[dooly]

Hi all

 

my interesting 1866 3c came today so i have been able to do some better pictures than the sellers for you to look at.

 

 

What a lot seems to be going on with this coin. I have not been able to find the RPD in my cherrypicker book does anyone have any information about this coin or have you seen one before

Thanks dooly

 

Obverse:-

 

Closeup of RPD both 6's seem to have been affected

 

Very strong clashing

 

What seems like longacer on the letter A

 

Also on OF

 

Top bar of D missing

 

Spike through Liberty's nose and extra dot on hair

 

Revers:-

 

Nice clashing of date and a die crack

 

sorry for so many pictures but you know what i am like

 

So what do you think of the coin then ?????????

[ant]

i like it!

[bsshog40]

That's pretty cool dooly. Alot going on with this coin. I especially like the Clashing!!!

[jesbroken]

As I said before, Dooly, way to go! (thumbs u

[Just Bob]

According to this site, it appears to be a 1866/866, RPD-001.

[dooly]

According to this site, it appears to be a 1866/866, RPD-001.

 

Cheers just bob looks like you hit that bang on for me (thumbs u

 

Do you think my one is a later die state ?

 

 

 

I have just been looking at the images and is it me or is my number 1 a lot further away from the bust and are all the dated numbers a lot fatter ? IE a different die ?

[dooly]

Reverses:

[Just Bob]

According to this site, it appears to be a 1866/866, RPD-001.

 

Cheers just bob looks like you hit that bang on for me (thumbs u

 

 

After viewing the pics side by side, I'm not so sure. As you say, the date appears different, and the clashes do, as well. Two different repunched dates with die clashes?

[harvey8542]

Dont know the rpd # but I like it

[rrantique]

Nice one Dooly and i like the RPD and clash also. (thumbs u

[RGT]

According to this site, it appears to be a 1866/866, RPD-001.

 

Cheers just bob looks like you hit that bang on for me (thumbs u

 

 

After viewing the pics side by side, I'm not so sure. As you say, the date appears different, and the clashes do, as well. Two different repunched dates with die clashes?

 

They are from different obverse dies. Your coin seems to have a triple punched date. Note the third punch south in addition to the one north. That could be some anomaly from a worn die, but the date placement shows an obvious different die.

 

Finding three cent nickels without clashes is probably more difficult than finding clashed ones, so that part doesn't surprise me any.

[dooly]

According to this site, it appears to be a 1866/866, RPD-001.

 

Cheers just bob looks like you hit that bang on for me (thumbs u

 

 

After viewing the pics side by side, I'm not so sure. As you say, the date appears different, and the clashes do, as well. Two different repunched dates with die clashes?

 

Cheers for the comments all

 

Yes the more i look at the pictures the less alike they look

How could the Obverses RPD's look so similar and yet from totally different dies ?

 

I have been searching on the WWW and i have only been able to find one other (poor picture)

 

? How do you do that over lay thing ?

[Conder101]

How can they look similar? Well the dies themselves are hubbed with everything except the date so they would be pretty much identical. Then the date is punched in with a four digit logotype punch so the position of all the numbers relative to each other would be the same. If you get the 1 pretty well lined up the same on both punchings and just move the right edge of the punch up slightly there you have it a repunched 866/866. It wouldn't be hard to believe there could be several similar overdates out of around 200 obv dies

[dooly]

How can they look similar? Well the dies themselves are hubbed with everything except the date so they would be pretty much identical. Then the date is punched in with a four digit logotype punch so the position of all the numbers relative to each other would be the same. If you get the 1 pretty well lined up the same on both punchings and just move the right edge of the punch up slightly there you have it a repunched 866/866. It wouldn't be hard to believe there could be several similar overdates out of around 200 obv dies

 

Conder101 to the rescue again . gosh it is handy to have you around

 

Makes me wonder if the same person repunched both dies, that's the type of thing that keeps me collecting

[cmerlo1-migration]

Nice! I wonder how it ended up in Sweden...

[Conder101]

Slight correction to my description. The second punch was shifted down on the right hand side not up.