1929 Farthing

[TerryT]

1929 farthing with clear doubling of the date, and first and last letters of FARTHING.

[azda]

These recuts are quite normal, nothing to worry about

Edited May 4, 2012 by azda

[declanwmagee]

Nice though Terry. Good photography too. I'm off to have a closer look at some of my G-V farthings

Edited May 5, 2012 by declanwmagee

[Peckris]

1929 farthing with clear doubling of the date, and first and last letters of FARTHING.

Pretty unusual for 20thC coins - well spotted.

[Colin G.]

Terry,

Would you be willing to provide full scanned images of the reverse and obverse for me to have a look at colin(at)aboutfarthings.co.uk?

A similar thing occurs on some 1928 farthings where there is the appearance that the date has been recut/strengthened, however this is more likely to actually be some form of mechanical doubling caused by movement in the dies when the coin is struck, or movement when the die was struck from a master die. The fact that the all of the features shown have doubling in a downward direction would also seem to make this the explanation on this coin.

Still an interesting piece in my eyes Going to have to have a trawl through a pile of 1929 farthings now

Edited May 5, 2012 by Colin G.

[Peter]

Re cuts, doubles ,NO.

Come on chaps.

[Colin G.]

Re cuts, doubles ,NO.

Come on chaps.

I only want to find one so I can have a closer look

[declanwmagee]

Both 9s are slightly recut on my 1929. Not as clear as Terry's though.

Also found it on 1932 and 1911 Hollow neck

[Peter]

Re cuts, doubles ,NO.

Come on chaps.

I only want to find one so I can have a closer look

Damn it

You and Declan have given me another thing to do.

The grass doesn't cut itself you know (he sits here with his 3rd cuppa praying for rain )

[TerryT]

Colin, a bunch of photos have been emailed.