Gary

Hello, Here is a scan of this coin, sorry it has taken a while. I have ringed the areas where the die has faults. I am sure that there must be more examples of this coin out there? Gary

Just a quick one. This coin was purchased as an 1862 small date, many years ago from a coin dealer "Marron Coins" Here is a scan of the whole coin. If it is estimated that only 15 of these pennies exist, only 13 more need to be located

Hello, Here are two 1862 Pennies from my collection . I think it is quite clear from the scan that the top penny is the 1862 small date. If you look at the gap between the exergue and the top of the date numerals there is a distinct gap on the small date penny where as on the normal penny the numerals are almost in contact with the exergue. We know that the Dies were cut in advance and that only the first 3 digits were originally cut with the last digit being added as and when they were required which explains why so many 1861 and 1862 pennies have the last digit misaligned. As we can see here, this was also the case for the small date penny as the 2 is spaced further from the 8 and is also slightly rotated, anticlockwise. Does this suggest that there was more than one 1862 small date die? Probably not due to the rarity of this coin in any grade. My example is graded as Fair but the difference can still clearly be seen. So even a worn example can still be easily identified. Happy Hunting Gary