Help required - any sovereign collectors about!

[Colin G.]

All,

I have within my collection an 1843/2 farthing which can be seen magnified here

Magnified View

I have now acquired another 1843/2, but it is definitely a different die (I will upload images when I can get my microscope working!!). The 2 is in a completely different location. I am trying to figure out which one matches the 1843/2 sovereign so that I can determine which one has been struck from the sovereign dies. The trouble is both coins are very rare, so it is difficult to get images to do a comparison.

This means that the other one is either from a different sovereign die, which may suggest another 1843/2 sovereign variety may be out there, or this is an 1842 sovereign/farthing die which has later been recut with a 3.

Does Marsh have any magnified images? If so I might grab a copy.

Help!!!

Edited May 20, 2010 by Colin G.

[Colin G.]

It turns out my latest acquisition is actually the same die as the 1843/2 sovereign. As shown in Marsh.

Which leaves my previous example requiring further examination, oh well at least I get to keep both