1694 farthing date error

[Coins4u]

1694 farthing date error the four in the date looks unbarred !!!!

[Teg]

Hi,

Many 1694 farthings have weak (or seemingly non existent) diagonal bars on the 4. On good specimens you can often see a faint trace of the bar. On others you can't.

Unsurprisingly these are sometimes known as crosses.

Is your coin single or double exergue line? Looks a bit single from you fragment.

Teg

[Coins4u]

Mine is single exergue line

[NumisMattist]

Fascinating....a poor die then?