DrLarry

congratulations that is a good piece of work over a long period

I got it wrong 106 times at about £2 a shot , but I just donate them to MADaboutART charity I set up 20 years ago. My mistakes have raised enough to keep them going each year , I have 75 1862's 116 1861's with some kind of error or rare die and 85 1860's with some kind of error . So really that's not a bad hid rate ...these days I only buy them when I am sure there is something there. I have only been collecting since 2015 but I have enjoyed building up the collection for the charity. It has helped my brain heal after Chemo along with painting of course.

LOL thats a good question I will attempt to count the interesting from the failed to impress set. Sometimes on Ebay it is hard to see details and at times details appear in a photo and not in the hand. Most of mine are low grade so the cost is not too high.

I have not found any more reverse errors so far . Please let me know if you have others for my own interest. I am not sure if many bother with half pennies but there is a lot to enjoy .

I only meant the 1856 , but thanks

N over N and Y over Y

repair of the E of E in PENNY

Broken F

E broken "ROTATED F " in PENNY and Broken F " rotated L"

OPEN P with an E over E

E over E N over N and Y over Y this also has the date error of the 1 without a base

the PFNNY half penny a break or fill of the lower leg it can be found in various phases

The PENNY has a number of errors . The OPEN P , the E over E and the N over N. The Y is also overstamped

short LEGGED N's . In many examples the left leg of the N (usually the second N ) is very short compared to the right leg. It seems that the original font used for the legend seems very different. The older style has a very "curly"base seen on both the reverse and obverse. It is particularly obvious on the bases of the E's and the L's but even the short based letters F's and A's the curly base is often overstamped by a more "robust" "flat" bottomed style. The older style is clearly more fragile and often breaks.

I will let you give this one a label

Please advise me ...is the smaller date less common than the large ? just out of interest ..thanks

Oh right . I am just guided by Rogers and the collection at the Fitzwilliam

you get a reasonable number for the price .. I have to admit I am a bit smitten by toy coins . most of which, since the 1860' s, have been used for some educational use.

I have listed this because it obviously is not a Mule and yet the NGC seem to have mislabelled it as beaded one side toothed the other ...sorry about any confusion it is listed on ebay

that is very true there are some sellers on ebay I just won't buy from because of bid escalation by a friend in Manchester or Cumbria

yes or a sledge hammer

this next set are various rotations and overstrikes on the F of HALF one at the end stage seems to end up rotating and breaking to result in a HALP , although I have studied the images and there is some possible percussion but I would be interested if there is a HALP in the 62 or just wishful thinking

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

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"

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