1862 penny check

[SilverAge3]

Seller of this 1862 says it has LC WYON on obv. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think what they're looking at is LC WYON on the shoulder, and this is instead the common, most standard 1862. For its middling condition it does have nice embroidery detail on Vic's blouse, must have been a quite nice strike on the obv (I see many higher grade examples, ms64-65, with smudged out details in the blouse, esp near shoulder). The rev pic is too blurry to say much about it.  It unfortunately also looks a bit cleany too, to me. Shame, that strike must have been superlative.

 

Edited January 20, 2024 by SilverAge3

[Mr T]

Hm, the B in BRITT looks too close to Victoria's head to be obverse 6, but I don't see an LC WYON either.

[Martinminerva]

Just a bog standard 6+G, I'm afraid. The B of Brit is supposed to be close to her head on obv.6.

[Paddy]

It has 139 teeth. (My eyes are crossed from counting!) This makes it Obverse 6, the more common one I think. The scarce one he hopes it is is obverse 2, which has 143 teeth.

[Bronze & Copper Collector]

14 minutes ago, Paddy said:

It has 139 teeth. (My eyes are crossed from counting!) This makes it Obverse 6, the more common one I think. The scarce one he hopes it is is obverse 2, which has 143 teeth.

It also exists with obverse 3, which is rarer than obverse 2.

As you indicate, this is the extremely common obverse 6

[Peckris 2]

I reckon the seller has misread HONI as WYON.

[Bronze & Copper Collector]

52 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said:

I reckon the seller has misread HONI as WYON.

If I had  penny for everything I saw that done, I'd have several pounds....