1865 Two Cent Piece RPD

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  BillJones Posts: 35,967 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 6, 2011 3:21AM

  A number of two cent pieces and Indian cents from this era have re-punched dates. I once owned an 1864-L Indian cent that had a re-punched date, and I understand that there are several varieties of them. From what I've heard, they don't bring a very large premium.

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  seanq Posts: 8,836 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 6, 2011 3:43AM

  That one is pretty common, and for a long time it was thought to be an 1865/4 overdate. If you look at the flag of the 5 you can see what could be a vertical bar of an underlying 4. I believe the overdate was disproved by Kevin Flynn using photo overlays in his book on the series.
  
  
  Sean Reynolds

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  DorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭

  June 6, 2011 4:48AM

  

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  mcarney1173 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 6, 2011 5:08AM

  FS-1301, I believe, slightly scarce, but not very much premium

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