Another Cool New Indian Cent Error!

[The Penny Lady]

Just got this new little off center saddle struck 1895 Indian Cent - it's very cool in that it the date is printed twice. It's very unique - and I'm thrilled to add it to my collection!

 

My Dino Lite photos aren't quite as nice as Todd's, but you get the idea!

 

[mkman123]

very cool! Will you get it slabbed?

[Conder101]

It is double struck with both strikes off-center, but it is not a saddle strike.

 

True saddle strikes could not occur until they started using dual die presses. A true saddle strike overlaps both die pars and receives both impressions with a single strike. The coin is typically bent slightly (into a saddle shaped) from being forced down on both sides across the collar between the two coining chambers, and the dies are normally oriented rotated 180 degrees with respect to each other. (Since the locking flat is normally ground into the same place on each die in order to put two dies into the press so the flats lock together to prevent rotation one die has to be rotated 180 degrees compared to the other.)

 

Still a very nice coin.

[Coindude]

What a super cool coin. It looks to me like it's cleaned so I don't think it will slab in a non-problem holder, but I still think it's an incredible example!

[delta]

The wear means it obviously circulated for a while despite being such an oddity, which probably indicates a fairly low level of numismatic consciousness in 1895 and 1896. People were evidently content to get its one cent's worth of buying power instead of putting it aside as a collector's item of potential value. I can imagine somebody even worrying about being able to sneak it through as an acceptable penny, worrying that retailers might notice it as misstruck, reject it as legal tender, and they'd be stuck, forced to suffer the corresponding financial loss.

[Kurtdog]

It is double struck with both strikes off-center, but it is not a saddle strike.

 

True saddle strikes could not occur until they started using dual die presses. A true saddle strike overlaps both die pars and receives both impressions with a single strike. The coin is typically bent slightly (into a saddle shaped) from being forced down on both sides across the collar between the two coining chambers, and the dies are normally oriented rotated 180 degrees with respect to each other. (Since the locking flat is normally ground into the same place on each die in order to put two dies into the press so the flats lock together to prevent rotation one die has to be rotated 180 degrees compared to the other.)

 

Still a very nice coin.

It's a double-strike. And it's not a bad one, at that. (thumbs u

[The Penny Lady]

Thanks everyone. Yes, I agree it's not technically a saddle struck error, it just "looks" a little like a saddle, so my bad on the use of that term.

 

And no it was not cleaned - it is original chocolate brown. My camera makes the color look a bit washed out and shinier than it is. I do plan to get it slabbed.

[Kurtdog]

I see depth in that surface. If that's cleaned with anything you ought to patent and bottle it.

[johnny9434]

thats a wonderful looking 1895 pennylady. thats a keeper for sure

 

[Paul S]

Very cool coin Charmy! I can't wait too see Todd's images of it, I'm sure they'll look great!

 

 

 

 

-Paul

[morganguru]

Great job with the photos Charmy. With a little effort and trial n error you could produce quality pics like a pro. Neat error too