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DrLarry

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  1. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    I find this one very interesting and would love to ask you to find another to verify The A of HALF is completely absent there is no bend in the coin and it is of a reasonable grade
  2. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    HAIF the L is blocked or broken along the base this is the same type of error I showed earlier in the 1861 half penny. The error seems to exist on two separate dies struck up with the date the first shows the narrow date "near 2" and the second a "far2"
  3. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    an unbarred A in which the A on the both the reverse and the obverse are filled in or broken
  4. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    Starting with the H of HALF there are two overstrikes one more dramatic than the other , the second is a duplication in the bar shown better on the third example
  5. DrLarry

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    1839 Proof Penny About As Struck Condition: --not specified Price: £1,200.00
  6. DrLarry

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Beware of coins in PLASTIC TOMBS Sometimes you just can't get the staff !!! supposed to be a MULE ....you would think by now teeth and dots would have been known to them....correct me if I am wrong but it looks nothing like mine $1500if you want it
  7. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    I thought I would make a start at the 1862 half penny , with mostly rEV G and OBV 7 there are a few highlights in my small collection. A lot with a six over a six in the date one type is a slight rotation and doubling of the upper tail ; the other shows a break with a larger 6 over a smaller six . Nothing spectacular. One example has a broken 8. There appears to be a "far 2" with the date spaced , and a Far where the 2 is "LOW" and two numeral variations a "FAT 2" and a "SLENDER 2" . On a few a 2 is struck over a second 2 in a decent repair. I am not even sure any of the above will be much interest if so let me know and I will take pictures.
  8. DrLarry

    James 1st half crown

    Good afternoon, I would like some help on this half crown I purchased. I know it has obverse scratches but I still like it so no insults please. I am trying to identify it according to the newest Spink and believe it to be the second coinage it cannot be 2667 because it has no plume . It has QVAE DEVSand the ground line . I did wonder if the mintmark was a scallop rather than the thistle ..... or perhaps its 2666 but the mint mark is wrong I only dabble in a few hammered so I would be grateful for your help it was a Bonfire night present to myself I realise it is a touch piece and likely there has been solder removed, I now see that now I have taken a closer look. It was not clear because the strike has rotated 80 degrees to the left. Perhaps I will send it back
  9. DrLarry

    James 1st half crown

    yes thank you that is very helpful I had done a little research myself and can see now what it is , a great help thank you so much
  10. DrLarry

    James 1st half crown

    OK I think I might understand what has happened here it is not a half crown it is a 30 shillings
  11. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    the only other variable I have noticed on the 1861 rev G is the spacing of the date : a wide date seems to exist paired with OBV 6 and 7 ; and there is a low 1 where the last 1 is nearer the inner circle . But I am sure there are others out there so please let me know or verify any of the variables I have listed above...many thanks
  12. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    this one seems to be of interest but it may be an optical illusion , the I's of VICTORIA seems oversized , they sit on the same plane as the other letters but seem taller than the usual ones. . It is not a particularly worn example which would perhaps allow it to be down to percusion thickening and enlarging. It is on the OBVERSE of the 1 over 1 below the 1
  13. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    This one has the second T of BRITT over a T high into the inner circle . On the reverse the E has been restruck and the N of PENNY is very strange remnants of a much smaller version . The 8 is very weakly struck
  14. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    you know what I am like with strange marks LOL ....I'm forever finding little crosses that I thought were marking out marks. but yeah does seem strange . The raised dot errors seem to be becoming more popular . Thanks for that
  15. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    again OBV 6 reverse G I have a couple which show this die crack through RIA on the OBVERSE again hee as a caution to the appearance of errors interpreting overstamps....
  16. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    OBVERSE 6 REV G this I assume is the result of a loose strike but educate me if I am wrong please. The whole of VICTORIA has doubled and a raised area to the right of the B in BRITT makes it look like a B over and R, the rest of the obverse seems to have struck normally. Doubling on some letters has occurred to the left and the right . The only issue with the REVERSE G is the blocked A with a die break
  17. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    this is a fascinating obverse 7 again seemingly on its last legs. all the last letters of VICTORIA including an unbarred A and interesting blocked letters after REG . For all of thee there must be in someone's collection other examples . Lots of broken ( missing ) blocked colons . On the reverse the H is unbarred whihc I have shown in another listing and the serifs on many letters are broken. It is part of a group that have "short legs" on the N's in PENNY often and I appears to have been overstruck to repair the damage
  18. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    Agaion on a OBV 6 REV G this is one of those with a 1 over 1 above the 1 , on the reverse the H and the A are blocked the F is doubled (below) the P has a wide gap (open ) and all that remains of the E is an L and the Y below is also damaged on the obverse many of the letters are blocked. I do wonder if the use of OBV 6 seems almost an act of desperation in the drive to just keep minting the die pairing. Again I select the broken ones so show bias but it does seem to make up a disproportionately large number of the total REV G's showing damage
  19. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    the correct obverse
  20. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    sorry I have uploaded the wrong image of the obverse above
  21. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    rev G OBV 7 F over P in F:D this specimen is not the best in the world and has had some damage to the obverse around the BRITT yet I think the F is over a P but it looks to be at an end stage as the die seems to break presumably because of weakening with the over punch. It would be interesting to see any others , it seems to be similar to and F over P I have from 1862 and a flaw often found on the 1890 half penny where the negative space gets filled . I initially thought this to be an OBV 5 in error thinking that the indent on the forehead to suggest 5 but I see it is too high. As I have said many of my examples are low grades and I can just make out the extra leaf.
  22. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    REV G OBVERSE 7 T over T in BRITT associated with the small A in HALF and the last 1 over a 1 below
  23. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    the OBVerse 6's there appears to be a few showing an unbarred A looking like a V upturned one example shows the damage to the die eventually must have led to if being left with so many breaks and blockages it must have been discarded ....I will add this later
  24. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    REV G e of REG broken upper arm , this seems to be quite a common error , it does appear in general that there are many more errors associated with OBVERSE 6 second is a 4 G
  25. DrLarry

    Halfpenny ID check

    HALP F over P REV g OBV ? I think I may have another which may arrive soon so would part with one
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