Wide date 1864 Penny

[Vespesian]

Here is a photo of a poor quality 1864 penny with a wide date , is this a known variety and if so how rare is it ?

[Peckris 2]

Picture far too small, see your other post.

[secret santa]

On my websites, I define a "variety" as a unique combination of date, obverse and reverse design, and include any inadvertent man-made changes such as repairs or variations in date width as "sub-varieties". Michael Gouby has made an attempt to record all the various date widths in his book "The Victorian Bronze Penny". He does not record any variations in 1864 date width but these date variations are so commonplace in bronze pennies that it would be virtually impossible to document them all.

[Peckris 2]

14 hours ago, Vespesian said:

Here is a photo of a poor quality 1864 penny with a wide date , is this a known variety and if so how rare is it ?

1. Crop the picture so that only the penny is showing.

2. Enlarge it enough for us to see the detail (use a graphics editor or the free one that comes with Windows)

3. Save the jpeg so it's a file size 500k or less.

[Peckris 2]

Here's what I did in Photoshop: