Maundy Four pence 1872

[Citizen H]

so finding this whilst sifting through the hoard and thought it worth a mention being that its in a good condition and ask for an opinion of its grade... however...!

on closure inspection and magnifying the photo it looks like it was struck with a cracked die..... 👍

don't know about you ....its a real treat (for me) to find these faults...😁

 

Edited Monday at 10:23 AM by Citizen H

[Coinery]

One of your better coins 👏👏👏

[Peckris 2]

I'd be happy to rate that EF (perhaps AEF on the obverse, just a trace of extra wear on the hair?)

[Citizen H]

On 3/30/2026 at 11:43 PM, Coinery said:

One of your better coins 👏👏👏

hahahahhahhhahhhhahahhahahahahh 🤣 🙏 errrmmmmm !?!?!? its been a lifetime of uneducated purchases pre computer, condition wasn't high on my list of priorities...now having the time work through The Hoard some good have turned up...mind you 80% ? is pretty poor condition...but Hey! its been an adventure and wont be getting the time to go back and try again... to be fair looking at the pages in a loose date order they look pretty impressive ....just dont look to closely at them...  I'm not thinking it will be ever worth a kings ransom, but finding the odd gem as I go through these is a treat,  Thankyou one and all👍 

[Coinery]

2 minutes ago, Citizen H said:

…its been an adventure and wont be getting the time to go back and try again... 

Very poignant and caught me out for some reason. I’m 60 next year and been reflecting a lot upon the last 40, so maybe something to do with that?

[Sword]

That's a fairly long die crack. I imagine the obverse die would be used for multiple years until it's too damaged. But the reverse die has the date and so needs to be replaced each year.