I recently purchased a IHC with a rev. CUD that I couldn't find any reference on. I sent some pics to Russ Doughty (He has treated me well in answering some stupid questions) and it was unknown to him so I sent the pictures to Mr. Poliquin who verified that it is a new die pairing making it my first discovery coin. As I was preparing to mail it to him I remembered four others I set aside as interesting and sent him pictures. He asked that I send them with the discovery coin . Two of the dates were large die cracks that I thought were maybe Cuds. The other is this 1864 bronze with a die rotation that was different than any of the pictures listed in his web book. If I had viewed each plate I would have seen the this coin is the var. 3. The fun part of this coin for me is that this is the second one discovered and has proven his theory of a dynamic die rotation. Once David photographs and maps the rotation better pictures will be available.
Mr. Poliquin has finished attributing my 64 IHC: Variety 3a represents the second example of Reverse L in a rotated position and confirms that Variety 3 experienced dynamic die rotation during its service. You can see it here. http://indiancentvarieties.com.fqdns.net/1864Bronze_variety003.html
Stupid question here. How do you get your coin attributed? What do you do and where do you go? And how much is it to do this?
Mr. Poliquin did this attribution for me at no cost because he was interested in my coin and it was added to his web book which is one of or IMHO the best resource available to Indian Cent collectors. If you can't find your IHC there it is probably a unknown die pairing. I sent the coin to him along with the coin I originally contacted him about as an afterthought. I have owned it for over 20 years and until I joined here I didn't know how to get it done. The other is a new discovery and I will post it after he is done with it. As to having your own coins attributed there are services available. I think our member Paddy54 offers a attribution service. Overall the best and cheapest way is to do what you have been doing and post your finds on CT. There is a huge amount of knowledge here.
