Indian cent variety...

sadysta1

It's been driving me nuts. Can someone explain "Pick axe" IHC variety to me, maybe a pic?

tjkillian

It is an 1870 indian cent that had a die chip in it. In the upper part of the diamonds, there was a nasty die gouge that resembled a pick axe. Sorry, but I could not quickly find a picture of one.

Tom

Lakesammman

It is rather distinctive and does look like an ax - agree with above.

ziggy29

<< <i>It is an 1870 indian cent that had a die chip in it. In the upper part of the diamonds, there was a nasty die gouge that resembled a pick axe. Sorry, but I could not quickly find a picture of one. >>



My 1870 Indian cent is the Pick Axe variety (Snow-7). I'll try to remember to dig it out and take a picture of it later.

It looks like some kind of a tool impacted the die and moved some metal on it, resulting in something that looks like a pick axe at the base of the feathers in the headdress.

shylock

JJTeaparty has one for sale, small pic though.

ziggy29

As promised, here's a close-up of the Pick Axe on the that variety of 1870 cent:

sadysta1

that looks cool, thanks, I can see it's the one to keep my eye on.

ziggy29

<< <i>My 1870 Indian cent is the Pick Axe variety (Snow-7). I'll try to remember to dig it out and take a picture of it later. >>



Here it is. Interestingly, if memory serves me right, I think I bought this one from J.J. Teaparty about eight years ago.