freewheels Posted July 3, 2019 Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) Hi There, I recently came across this shilling with a clear over-date. I'm calling it 6 over 8 because it looks to me like the 8 is struck over the 6. It is obviously not in the best of conditions and has the clear obverse strike-through on the reverse. Unfortunately, I tried to rotate but still comes across upside down. Curious if anyone has ever met one of these... Michael. Edited July 3, 2019 by freewheels typo Quote
Peckris 2 Posted July 3, 2019 Posted July 3, 2019 2 hours ago, freewheels said: I recently came across this shilling with a clear over-date. I'm calling it 6 over 8 because it looks to me like the 8 is struck over the 6. It is obviously not in the best of conditions and has the clear obverse strike-through on the reverse. Unfortunately, I tried to rotate but still comes across upside down. Pictures upload as they are on your computer. Yes, it does look like an overdate though hard to see upside down. "I'm calling it 6 over 8 because it looks to me like the 8 is struck over the 6." Illogical, Jim. Quote
Rob Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 If a 6 is involved, it is more likely to be as a result of an attempted repair to a blocked character, as from the 1816 coinage until around the time of the mint refurbishment in the early 1880s, the last two digits only were added by hand, 18 only being on the master. This point is mentioned with reference to shillings in ESC 5th ed. p.135, footnote 1. Examples of unfinished dies are known elsewhere, e.g. the 18 copper penny in Baldwin's sale 44, lot 417. Quote
Chingford Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 Hockings Royal Mint Catalogues Vol 1 and 2 have entries for dies and matrices for early and late Victorian coinage having just the first two digits as Rob says 18__ Quote
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