1. HCMM Catalog Number and Dies Making Up This Die Pair

2. Other Die Pairs That Include One of the Dies of BUC-208

The strong repunching of the OF alone is enough to define the die pair BUC-208.

1. Obverse O208 Die Cracks and Die State Progression

Summary: BANK OF UPPER CANADA * 1850 *

Red = area with die crack(s) observed in most advanced die pair state

Die Pair State Progression

Abbreviations: Cr = crack, T = trace, S = small, M = moderate, L = large

2. Obverse O208 Broken Letters Unrepaired or Repunched

None noted.

Summary: BANK OF UPPER CANADA * 1850 *

Letter color code: Black = normal, Green = broken & unrepaired, Brown = broken with noteworthy repunching

Special Comments:

In BANK the N has been repunched in low relief in a new font with very thin serifs. The thin serif of the new font shows at the L top of the R leg.

In UPPER the letters are repunched in slightly lower relief in a new font with the UL serif of the Ps tapers (in the original font they were parallel).
In BANK the K has been repunched so that the UL serif of the K is low.

In UPPER the letter is repunched in slightly lower relief, leaving the diagonal, ragged edge of the original letter still showing at the bottom of the upright.

In CANADA the letter is triple punched, the tripling showing at the upper L.

3. Obverse O208 Die Clashes, Gouges, and Misc. Features

None noted.

1. Reverse R208 Die Cracks and Die State Progression

No die cracks noted. Die pair state progression only from obverse markers.

2. Reverse R208 Broken Letters Unrepaired or Repunched

None noted.

3. Reverse R208 Die Clashes, Gouges and Misc. Features

None noted.