Obverses and Reverses

[Kipster]

Morning,

Seeing as I've put my back out and can't work, I'm going through some coins trying to get to grips with the 1860 - 1861 bronze pennies and halfpennies. The wordpress links that someone very kindly gave me have been really useful. I just wanted to check this coin out to make sure I'm in the right ball park as it seems to be a hell of a lot of die parings with these.

I'm fairly confident in it being Reverse G, but would I be right with Obverse 6? Does this make it an F277? I may be completely wrong, so any help would be most welcome.

Cheers.

 

[Martinminerva]

It's a 7+G.  The third group of leaves down contains 4 leaves, with the fourth just poking out at the bottom, proving obverse 7. It's a nice overall coin.

Edited March 23, 2023 by Martinminerva

[DrLarry]

3 hours ago, Kipster said:

Morning,

Seeing as I've put my back out and can't work, I'm going through some coins trying to get to grips with the 1860 - 1861 bronze pennies and halfpennies. The wordpress links that someone very kindly gave me have been really useful. I just wanted to check this coin out to make sure I'm in the right ball park as it seems to be a hell of a lot of die parings with these.

I'm fairly confident in it being Reverse G, but would I be right with Obverse 6? Does this make it an F277? I may be completely wrong, so any help would be most welcome.

Cheers.

 

there is a useful thread on half penny varieties elsewhere  but you may have to be a member  

[Kipster]

Much obliged to you. Ta.

[Peckris 2]

I was going to say it was one of the early (1860) obverses until I scrolled further and saw it was a halfpenny not a penny. For some reason, unlike with pennies, the Mint never reduced the gap from the top of the bust to the linear circle.