crossed fingers

Dick · Expert Member

maybe this time...yep, it worked.

i had to change my PW, and then upload, then download, but here it is:

coop · Expert Member

A larger image might help? I see something on the I, but not sure if it's hub doubling?

Dick · Expert Member

Coop, This image is mostly for YJ, to see what a shot thru the eyepiece of a scope might look like.
The "thing you see on the "I" is triple-punched. There are several re-punched letters in some of the words in the ledgend.
L'ii sned you an image later, by email. you can do with as you did with the 1858. They are so beautiful. If you can get it on CCF, or this site, I can take it from here, (I think).
Later:
It worked "perfekly"!
check it out:

http://www.canadiancoppercoins.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=841
Dick

eagames · Expert Member

I can see something at the base of the I.

TJ · New Member

Dick,

thanks for the post.i see i have alot to learn before i enter the scope arena.

TJ

Dick · Expert Member

Ed, back then, they used the first two digits of the date, in a rack, or gang punch. the other two, or one as was the case after a change in decade, was hand punched into the master, and the working die was then sunk, so the final, (relief) woild be put on the planchet when struck.
The legend(s) were hand-punched to correct wear on the die, if it was not too worn. that is where the varieties are coming from. That inclides the letters in one cent, and the digits in the date. There are some very valuable re-punched 9's kjnown. in the coin that has the triple-punched "I", there are two other triple-punches, and several double punched letters. That one would be a minor RTC. ('round the clock". it is a wide open field, and very little reference materiaal exists, other than pamphlets by Hans Zoell, and Jack Griffin, alond with (now), the three books by Rob Turner, and the Charlton Catalog. There is another by Pierre Charest, in either French, or English. Several sites are working on the large cents, as well, and they are available with a link, as needed.
For YJ, in case you are not aware, the mint mark was also hand-punched on the die, in the wheats, and Memorials, until 1989. After that it was on the master hub. and transferred on down to the working die.
Hope this helps,
Dick