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The Coinery

George VI Pennies Wanted

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Hi

There are several George 6th / VI pennies I am still looking for:

1950 - Top of S in Georgivs has a forked tip

1949 - Top of S in Georgivs has a forked tip

1947 - Bronze Proof - Dies 2+A - Freeman 235A

1946 - Not Mint Toned

1946 - Raised DOT after E in ONE - EF or better (50 or better CGS)

1944 - Triple Struck lower Colon dot between BR & OMN

1940 - Dies 2+C Double Exergue Line - Proof - Freeman 228

1940 - Dies 2+B Single Exergue Line - Freeman 226

1937 - Dies 1+B - Freeman 219

1937 - Dies 1+A - Proof - Freeman 218

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On 13/06/2016 at 8:15 AM, The Coinery said:

There are several George 6th / VI pennies I am still looking for:

1950 - Top of S in Georgivs has a forked tip

1949 - Top of S in Georgivs has a forked tip

1944 - Triple Struck lower Colon dot between BR & OMN

 

I note David Groom lists these in his book, but not ones I've looked for or seen, does anyone have photos?

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There should be photos on the CGS site of these ones David  

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I have those Three but the difference is so small you would stuggle to tell from a picture.

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1 hour ago, PWA 1967 said:

I have those Three but the difference is so small you would stuggle to tell from a picture.

I won't bother then. I don't mind using a microscope to confirm or illustrate a variety, but if I need one to find it the first place, then I loose interest.

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Yes thats what i meant ,the forked tips are not IMO worth looking for unless you had a few already that you wanted to check.

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The triple struck colon is a nice one and easily seen in a picture. The forked tips examples I'm not losing sleep on however.

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Just had a look through my spares and I've got a forked 1949 - never looked for it before !

1949 F238 [1] zoom.JPG

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1 hour ago, secret santa said:

Just had a look through my spares and I've got a forked 1949 - never looked for it before !

1949 F238 [1] zoom.JPG

Now that definitely qualifies as a micro-variety! ??

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I wonder how it was formed. Looks like a double cut letter, but the dies would have been cut using a reducing machine and not entered by hand, so either there was some slippage in the mechanism, or the original design was badly formed? Thoughts?

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If it was mechanical slippage/movement, then you would expect similar doubling features radiating out across adding letters/features. If it is only an isolated feature on that particular letter then it could be as a result of touching up when the matrix/master die was originally produced

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18 hours ago, Nordle11 said:

The triple struck colon is a nice one and easily seen in a picture. The forked tips examples I'm not losing sleep on however.

Which reverse is this paired with?

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It's a 1944 so Freeman C I believe. 

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2 hours ago, Nordle11 said:

It's a 1944 so Freeman C I believe. 

C or C*?

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Looked at the 1949 in my own collection and found mine was a "Forked S". Have to say it is one I had missed in David's book. Haven't check my 1950's yet.

1949 with forked S.jpg

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