1870 Wide O 10 Cent with funny N

[dooly]

Hi all

 

check this one out not sure if it is recut or what but something going on with the N in CENTS

 

It looks about the size of the N used on the 5 cents coins ?

 

[Conder101]

Looks the same size as the E and T to me. It has been repunched with the first punch about right and the second punch lower than it should be.

[johnny9434]

i think that looks like the wide o variety as well. nice coin by the way

[dooly]

Cheers for the posts lads and merry xmas to you all

[JKK]

It looks like mechanical doubling, but that doesn't seem to make sense to me. From what I understand, that phenomenon should be more pronounced farther from the original center of the strike, and this is dead in the middle, which if that were far from the original center, you'd have a very obvious error coin. In those days, did they cut the letters into the die with a punch, like dates? If so, your theory about the half dime-sized-punch being mistakenly used the first time sounds quite plausible. Interesting coin.

[VDBCoins]

Yes, very nice coin indeed!

 

Happy New Year to all here!

 

Best Regards,

 

George

[dooly]

It looks like mechanical doubling, but that doesn't seem to make sense to me. From what I understand, that phenomenon should be more pronounced farther from the original center of the strike, and this is dead in the middle, which if that were far from the original center, you'd have a very obvious error coin. In those days, did they cut the letters into the die with a punch, like dates? If so, your theory about the half dime-sized-punch being mistakenly used the first time sounds quite plausible. Interesting coin.

 

Yes it is a strange one put it on my web store now so hope a Canadian collector gets it

[Conder101]

It's definitely not mechanical doubling. It is clearly repunched but the question is are both punches the same punch? The first punch does look a little smaller but since the edges of the punches are beveled, a light punching will appear smaller. I think most likely both punches are from the same punch.