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So we should all look out for a "narrow 3" 1903, representing the damaged normal 3 before the recut! David Hope not guess (if any correction was done) that it was done before the dies were hardened and any coins struck.

As far I can see (from the scans) the 190 plus the teeth (perls) appears to be in the same possition. But the 3s are punched individualy and not in the same place. Now I'm not saying that it is the same 3 punch - but it's possible that it's the same as the back part looks identical.

I've mentioned this earlier on the coinsgbforum - not sure how much unrecorded it is as I don't have much litterature... As one can see the stop between ET is clear while the one between TE is weak. I found it with two different obverses and it seems fairly common

Well I don't see them as being very different - but as I mentioned I'm not familiar with these coins. The 190 of both 1903 types seems however to be exactly in the same possition (different from the 1902 year): Also the back of the 3 fits more or less (it's a bit difficult to be sure as all I have is the pictures posted above):

You only have to look at the shape of the 2 in a 1902 penny to see the 3/2 theory is total oblox! I'll post some high res pictures later nuff sed! David I mostly work with 18th century coins but to me it looks as a wreak strike of the 3 punch corrected by hand. The same punch may come out quite differently due to the angle of the strike and later engraving.

Hello - I'm a danish collector and new to this forum... I'm mostly into collecting contemporary counterfeits of George III silver coins but also try to find as many different dies of the 1787 shilling+six pence as possible. I would like to know if anything has been published on the die variations of these coins? Also; is 746,480 the correct production number for the shilling? - and what is the number for the six pence? So far I have for the shilling: 21 different of both reverse and obverse dies. For the Six Pence I've found 13 obverse and 12 reverse dies. And it seems that there are quite a few more to be found of both denominations. If anyone can provide scans (1200 dpi) of these coins I would be very happy to receive them for study. If so please mail them to seuk@mail.dk - when I've more material I'll publish it on my homepage. Were I've allready published a small study of the Danish 1 skilling 1771 cobber coin: http://www.steppeulvene.com/index.1771_skilling.html (in Danish)