1876H Penny

[TerryT]

Finally got a camera that can zoom in close enough to show them. Photos of the 6 in next post.

[TerryT]

3 views of the 6.

[azda]

A recut number

[Accumulator]

A recut number

Many of the 1876H pennies have the bar in the H damaged or even missing. The date is either recut or double struck. Here's an example of mine, showing a smiler effect on the '1' and with the bar on the H missing:

[TerryT]

H over small H ? Sure doesn't look like a simple recut.

[Rob]

H over small H ? Sure doesn't look like a simple recut.

Looks it bearing in mind you have three sizes of H for pennies, halfpennies and farthings. One of the 1876H halfpennies has a 6 over a farthing 6 and one 1856 halfpenny die has the 6 over a penny 6. I think these punch varieties are more common than people might assume with some taken for a displaced underlying letter rather than a larger one.