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    Just looked at my commonwealth’ half penny this has the little v marks and tangs. 
    I could do with about 50 half pennies of the same mint mark to see if a good pattern could be made. I would think if someone was making a multi die and punch all of the coins would face the same way, looking at most Elizabeth half pennies the cross carries on to the edge of the coin, I’m thinking this could have been a scribe mark to keep each die being cut level to the next. More of the same same type coin would be needed to see if the crosses lined up as well as the tangs lining. 

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    I’ve searched for Elizabeth half pennies that are double struck or have defects from the single blow of hammering as I’m sure there must be. But I can’t  find any ! There are going to be  defects from the process of punching many out of a sheet of silver but most of the half pennies I can find are reasonably good.

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    I think it would be difficult Jerry getting the four blows on something so small to line up and maybe time on these low value coins would be a priority. 
    Thanks Coinery, I’m sure they would have been stamped on a strip or sheet of silver and the tangs held them together until they were placed over a bucket and removed, they would be so difficult doing them individually. 
    I’ve placed my three coins with the tang and the piece missing from the coin, I think they would line up quite well with no Wastage of silver. 

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    Hand, tun, wool pack mint marks. 
    all in reasonable condition. 
    I wonder if any dies still survive for these tiny coins, would love to know the minting process for these as they all have tiny spurs on the sides looking like they were possibly hammered  in strips. 
     

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    This coin came along with the gold twenty dollars,

    1881 Morgan Dollar,

    Not a rare coin but looks in lovely condition, the milling to the edge of the coin is sharp enough to shave with.

    Only problems I can see are a few bag marks.

    Views on a grade of my coin would be much appreciated.

    Looking at other dollars I would place it about MS 63 to 64ish.

     

     

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  18. Posted

    Hi all

    Is this coin the real deal?

    A friend has this for sale for his Dad he said it was bought in the states in the early sixties

    It looks a very nice coin for its age.

    The weight and dimensions are perfect.

    Is there any chance of grade and a rough price guide.

    thanks for any help.

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    Hi, 

     Having a search through eBay and came across this quarter noble. Would this coin be a forgery? The legend is a new one on me, I know spelling mistakes were made in the legends. The obverse legend looks like ..EXALTABITVR . IN . GAHLOIA. 

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