1847 Penny Type 2 rev?

[TomGoodheart 373]

Someone posted on coincommunity about an 1847 penny with no colon after REG. I believe this is type 2 rev?

Not my area but is this of any interest?

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=182459

Anyone help him?

Cheers!

[Rob 2,996]

A picture of the obverse would help. The drapery around Britannia's left shoulder is ok for the 1841 coins. Accumulator's 1841 with no colon shows a similar tail to the helmet plume and the drapery at the point where the trident shaft meets is quite similar. The asymmetrical ornaments to the trident head are seen elsewhere. This makes most of the detail known with only the twin raised lines an anomaly. The two raised lines on the saltire are a feature of the bronze shields, so maybe it was an early reverse by LCW as opposed to WW? He joined the Royal Mint in 1844 and worked under his father, so if there are any more reverses of this type (and crucially they were engraved by him), it would have to be on coins from 1844 onwards.

There are undocumented reverses elsewhere in the copper series, so a new penny reverse whilst unexpected, would not be impossible. Humans are creatures of habit, so if he used double lines in 1860, it would not be unreasonable that he used them before. Any medals attributed to him with a similar type of shield detail?