Victoria 1½ Pence 1842 Colonial issue

[Citizen H]

2nd find today whilst sifting through the hoard ...... worth mentioning that on closure inspection whilst magnifying the photo it looked like it was a attempted hole being drilled.....but then looking again I think this has been a die fault issue....I have other Colonial issue coins with faults

and again, to find this it makes my day  😁

any thoughts or in put greatly welcome. 👍

 

Edited 15 hours ago by Citizen H

[Paddy]

Nice coin.

I think your initial assessment of an attempted holing is more likely correct. I think the bulge in the wreath beneath the 8 on the reverse is the other end of that. I don't think a die fault would allow so much proud metal.

I like the threehalfpence coins - a short run intended for the colonies but legal in the UK and listed in all the GB books. It took me some years to complete the date run, the 1837 William IV proving the most elusive - a lot scarcer than the books indicate.

[Citizen H]

2 hours ago, Paddy said:

Nice coin.

I think your initial assessment of an attempted holing is more likely correct. I think the bulge in the wreath beneath the 8 on the reverse is the other end of that. I don't think a die fault would allow so much proud metal.

I like the threehalfpence coins - a short run intended for the colonies but legal in the UK and listed in all the GB books. It took me some years to complete the date run, the 1837 William IV proving the most elusive - a lot scarcer than the books indicate.

I have found (so far)

2x 1835,

1x 1839,

1x, 1842,

4x,1843 (I read that this date is the most common with over dates as well, but none of mine are, I think it was 43 over 34?!?!)

1x, 1862...

I had these in with Victorian Maundy one pence coins car boot find, I still had the cash bag from Midlands Bank that they came in... miss them days.  🥲