DrLarry

Starting with the H of HALF there are two overstrikes one more dramatic than the other , the second is a duplication in the bar shown better on the third example

1839 Proof Penny About As Struck Condition: --not specified Price: £1,200.00

Beware of coins in PLASTIC TOMBS Sometimes you just can't get the staff !!! supposed to be a MULE ....you would think by now teeth and dots would have been known to them....correct me if I am wrong but it looks nothing like mine $1500if you want it

I thought I would make a start at the 1862 half penny , with mostly rEV G and OBV 7 there are a few highlights in my small collection. A lot with a six over a six in the date one type is a slight rotation and doubling of the upper tail ; the other shows a break with a larger 6 over a smaller six . Nothing spectacular. One example has a broken 8. There appears to be a "far 2" with the date spaced , and a Far where the 2 is "LOW" and two numeral variations a "FAT 2" and a "SLENDER 2" . On a few a 2 is struck over a second 2 in a decent repair. I am not even sure any of the above will be much interest if so let me know and I will take pictures.

yes thank you that is very helpful I had done a little research myself and can see now what it is , a great help thank you so much

OK I think I might understand what has happened here it is not a half crown it is a 30 shillings

Good afternoon, I would like some help on this half crown I purchased. I know it has obverse scratches but I still like it so no insults please. I am trying to identify it according to the newest Spink and believe it to be the second coinage it cannot be 2667 because it has no plume . It has QVAE DEVSand the ground line . I did wonder if the mintmark was a scallop rather than the thistle ..... or perhaps its 2666 but the mint mark is wrong I only dabble in a few hammered so I would be grateful for your help it was a Bonfire night present to myself I realise it is a touch piece and likely there has been solder removed, I now see that now I have taken a closer look. It was not clear because the strike has rotated 80 degrees to the left. Perhaps I will send it back

the only other variable I have noticed on the 1861 rev G is the spacing of the date : a wide date seems to exist paired with OBV 6 and 7 ; and there is a low 1 where the last 1 is nearer the inner circle . But I am sure there are others out there so please let me know or verify any of the variables I have listed above...many thanks

this one seems to be of interest but it may be an optical illusion , the I's of VICTORIA seems oversized , they sit on the same plane as the other letters but seem taller than the usual ones. . It is not a particularly worn example which would perhaps allow it to be down to percusion thickening and enlarging. It is on the OBVERSE of the 1 over 1 below the 1

This one has the second T of BRITT over a T high into the inner circle . On the reverse the E has been restruck and the N of PENNY is very strange remnants of a much smaller version . The 8 is very weakly struck

you know what I am like with strange marks LOL ....I'm forever finding little crosses that I thought were marking out marks. but yeah does seem strange . The raised dot errors seem to be becoming more popular . Thanks for that

again OBV 6 reverse G I have a couple which show this die crack through RIA on the OBVERSE again hee as a caution to the appearance of errors interpreting overstamps....

OBVERSE 6 REV G this I assume is the result of a loose strike but educate me if I am wrong please. The whole of VICTORIA has doubled and a raised area to the right of the B in BRITT makes it look like a B over and R, the rest of the obverse seems to have struck normally. Doubling on some letters has occurred to the left and the right . The only issue with the REVERSE G is the blocked A with a die break

this is a fascinating obverse 7 again seemingly on its last legs. all the last letters of VICTORIA including an unbarred A and interesting blocked letters after REG . For all of thee there must be in someone's collection other examples . Lots of broken ( missing ) blocked colons . On the reverse the H is unbarred whihc I have shown in another listing and the serifs on many letters are broken. It is part of a group that have "short legs" on the N's in PENNY often and I appears to have been overstruck to repair the damage

Agaion on a OBV 6 REV G this is one of those with a 1 over 1 above the 1 , on the reverse the H and the A are blocked the F is doubled (below) the P has a wide gap (open ) and all that remains of the E is an L and the Y below is also damaged on the obverse many of the letters are blocked. I do wonder if the use of OBV 6 seems almost an act of desperation in the drive to just keep minting the die pairing. Again I select the broken ones so show bias but it does seem to make up a disproportionately large number of the total REV G's showing damage

the correct obverse

sorry I have uploaded the wrong image of the obverse above

rev G OBV 7 F over P in F:D this specimen is not the best in the world and has had some damage to the obverse around the BRITT yet I think the F is over a P but it looks to be at an end stage as the die seems to break presumably because of weakening with the over punch. It would be interesting to see any others , it seems to be similar to and F over P I have from 1862 and a flaw often found on the 1890 half penny where the negative space gets filled . I initially thought this to be an OBV 5 in error thinking that the indent on the forehead to suggest 5 but I see it is too high. As I have said many of my examples are low grades and I can just make out the extra leaf.

REV G OBVERSE 7 T over T in BRITT associated with the small A in HALF and the last 1 over a 1 below

the OBVerse 6's there appears to be a few showing an unbarred A looking like a V upturned one example shows the damage to the die eventually must have led to if being left with so many breaks and blockages it must have been discarded ....I will add this later

REV G e of REG broken upper arm , this seems to be quite a common error , it does appear in general that there are many more errors associated with OBVERSE 6 second is a 4 G

HALP F over P REV g OBV ? I think I may have another which may arrive soon so would part with one

whilst searching around I have found a number of die crack runs that give the appearance of errors whether they follow attempts to repair dies, I am not sure but they create some interesting flaws that if worn might give rise to the incorrect explanations

REV G OBV 7 B over R Looking at Richard's list of half penny varieties this is listed under OBV 5 but this one seems to be definitely an OBV 7 I have not seen an OBV 5 type so I assume the error must have happened twice

REF G OBV 6 G over G