Does this 1858 have a repunched 1?

mids1999

Does This 1858 have a repunched 1?









Thanks
Mike

LanLord

I can't tell, but I wanted to say that's a really nice picture and an even nicer coin.

Placid

I don't see anything in the picture that would suggest it does.

KoinKollector

There is a possibility. Is there any way you can get a lil better picture of the date area?

You can see what looks like a lil notch that hangs just below of the "1", als the last 8 might appear to have a lil something going on with it as well.

lathmach

Nope. Just a plain old Half.

Ray

mids1999

I will be posting an enlargement of the date area shortly.
Mike

mids1999

heres an enlargement of the date.
btw if you save the pic of the full coin to your computer you can enlarge it very nicely in photoshop.



mike

Gilbert

Doesn't look like it, but sometimes you have to angle the coin to see it. Not suggesting another image, but:

Is there some activity around the date that leads you to believe this one has a RPD, or, are you just hoping that it has a RPD?

edited to correct typo; "RPD" which is a RePunched Date and would include a repunched 1. Sorry if I offended you (re: following post), but I assumed (and we of course know what that makes me) that since you are asking if the 1 is repunched, and since the 1 is in the date, you would know what a RPD is and know that it would look like a 1 punched over a 1 (in this case).

mids1999

Actually I am not sure what a RPB is supposed to look like. I was told that it might be one in another thread so I ask.
Thanks
Mike

Trime

Mike,
RPD means that the date (lets say the 1 of a date but it could be several or all of the numerals) was punched once and the mint decided it was not correctly placed and repunched into another location by the die sinker. Depending on the degree of error of the first punch , the working die location of the first date site could be polished down with an abrassive or just restrike the date punch over the original date. Once you have seen what this looks like then it will be clearer to you. Most repunched dates are subtle with for example the 1 showing duplication upward or downward slightly. This is best looked at with a glass or microscope. Most books for a given series with show photos of this and other die errors. For exmple, Flynn and Fletcher 's book on : "The autoritive reference on three cent nickels" devotes itself to RPDs , misplaced dates hub doubling, etc.
Coins prior to 1909 have many many RPDs.
Your example looks to be a clean punch of the date.

KoinKollector

In the enlarged photo, looks like i was incorect