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azda

1 Penny 1853 B/B In Britanniar

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Wondering what my fellow collectors think of this one. Bought this a while back, 1853 Penny and was just having a wee looksy at it and found what looks like a B/B in Britanniar, i say looks like, but in the hand its more like a definate to me, the curve of the B has another curve underneath, and inside the B there is definately another strike there. Here's the picture, it's not the greatest unfortunately but i hope you can see what i'm seeing.

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I took the picture through a lupe, so if anyone has any tips on how to photograph an extreme closeup i'd be happy to listen.

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Another attempt

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Azda,

That's a re-punched B alright! It also looks like the A might be re-punched.

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Both ²A²s looked the same way, i'll see if i can upload that.

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the A

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Here's another picture with the "A"s side by side

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The O in Victoria seems to have been repunched also

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They did a lot of rework on the Victorian Dies! There are some interesting mis-alignments.

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yea can find a fair few repunches and broken lettering in the copper series

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Repunched legends and dates are extremely common scott, as you know. It sometimes seems to me it would be harder to find Vic copper WITHOUT any signs of it!

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