Master Jmd Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 I have just bought This the seller has said that it is a single line exergue type, but i do not have any other 1940 pennies to compare it with...can someone either 1) tell me if this coin is a single exergue, or 2) show me examples of a single and double exergue penny...many thanks Quote
Emperor Oli Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 I'd say that's single exergue. Surely double exergue is just that there is a double line separating the exergue instead of a single one like that. Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 I have a single exergue 1940 penny and I think that your example is a single exergue because the double exergue is very distinctive. Quote
custard1966 Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 It looks like the single line - hard to be absolutely sure from that photoThe double line is most obvious to the right and I can't see any sign of it thereThe other difference between the two is that on the single exergue the waves touch the exergual line - which they appear to on this example.On the double exergue they are separate from the exergual line. Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 31, 2004 Author Posted May 31, 2004 um, may i just ask, what are the mintage figures for single exergue 1940 pennies? Quote
Chris Perkins Posted May 31, 2004 Posted May 31, 2004 I doubt accurate records were kept Jmd. At that time the mint didn't actually record the number of coins minted with the actual '1940' date, so I doubt anyone knows the number of 1940 single exergue. Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 31, 2004 Author Posted May 31, 2004 I doubt accurate records were kept Jmd. At that time the mint didn't actually record the number of coins minted with the actual '1940' date, so I doubt anyone knows the number of 1940 single exergue. ok, thanks anyway chris Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 31, 2004 Posted May 31, 2004 um, may i just ask, what are the mintage figures for single exergue 1940 pennies? While we are on the subject.........Did they record mintage figures for 1902LT and 1925ME/OH half pennies Chris? Quote
Chris Perkins Posted May 31, 2004 Posted May 31, 2004 No probably not. Until 1952 they just recorded the number of coins of each denomination that were struck. They didn't even take the years into account (eg if a 1938 dated coin was struck in Jan 1939 it would be counted in the 1939 mintage number) Quote
Dave Everitt Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago On 5/31/2004 at 12:48 PM, Master Jmd said: um, may i just ask, what are the mintage figures for single exergue 1940 pennies? I just looked this up (I'm after a lustred example) and saw that it was 11% of the total mintage for that year. Google generated, so accuracy TBC! Quote
Peckris 2 Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 8 minutes ago, Dave Everitt said: I just looked this up (I'm after a lustred example) and saw that it was 11% of the total mintage for that year. Google generated, so accuracy TBC! Freeman estimated they were about 1 in 20 - i.e. 5% - based on his enormous survey of circulating coins in the 60s. Good luck with getting a high grade - I bought one from Colin Cooke in the 90s, he told me then that top grades of it are rare. Edited 1 hour ago by Peckris 2 Quote
Dave Everitt Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago On 5/21/2004 at 7:36 PM, Master Jmd said: I have just bought This the seller has said that it is a single line exergue type, but i do not have any other 1940 pennies to compare it with...can someone either 1) tell me if this coin is a single exergue, or 2) show me examples of a single and double exergue penny...many thanks from Numista: Quote
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