Silver Penny extra pellets.

Michael-Roo · June 18, 2017

I had added this question and photos to the end of Jimmy Mercia's post about his London silver penny, but I think I should really have posted it here:

"I have about a dozen of these but am useless at attributing to specific classes, so the above link will make for very interesting reading.

In the meantime, can anyone tell me about this one which appears to have extra pellets in one of the reverse quarters? Thanks."

Edited June 18, 2017 by Michael-Roo

Coinery · June 18, 2017

Hey, Mick, I spotted this one in the other thread but I'm at my dad's for the weekend, so haven't any access to books, hence my memory recall 'only' on the crown type in the other post, but will look at that too when I get back.

re the pellets (will look out the class later), I don't believe it intentional, just a partially struck coin being re-entered into the die. It could also happen that a coin of a different monarch is used, leaving some of the remaining details visible in the fields. Equally, it could be old die stock that hasn't been properly cut back before punching in the new design (finding a matching reverse die would confirm this).

Either way, I wouldn't say it's anything significant, especially in the field of hand hammered coins. Different perhaps in the milled market.

Hope you're well? Will come back to the class early next week, unless someone gets in before me!