My turn for 1891 canadian cent help :(

jfoot13

I was looking at smittys post about these and it looks like from what sly said the nine isn't showing in the line from the N but the 9 has a notch in it that I think I read is indicative to the large date any feedback is appreciated as I'm still a newby at this
thanks
Ken

bosox

Ken - It is a LDLL. Both the 9 and the 1 move around on these. - Rob

jfoot13

thanks
that's what the diagnostics were telling me but the positioning confused me

bosox

Bill's rule of thumb works in most cases, but the 9's on a few of the LDLL dies are pretty far to the right and don't quite line up with the N, while the 9 on two of the SDLL dies are pretty far left and nearly line up with the N.

syl

Yep, sorry ... My "vertical line with the N" is just a general Rule of Thumb, as Rob says. It works nearly all the time (I've had it possibly not work only on a couple SD's where it was close, but still not touching), but those mint-floor workers wielded some mean hammers and never struck in the same place twice. What you have is definitely LD, even at arm's length. Sorry for the confusion.

jfoot13

thanks guys sly is right looking at the photo it is an obvious large date hahaha why is it coins look so much different in hand than in a photo