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Never seen anything like this before. 2 or 3 oddities at least on the reverse alone.

the C is joined but that is a die issue, others look clearly like wrong letters overstruck with correct ones.

HIB for example. has 2, dunno what the H is obver but the B is over an R or an X.

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I have been collecting over 30 years, and even I can't be sure on this. If you are a serious collector, you will know there are many error readings on Shillings and Sixpences in this reign. I think a possible explaination is that the letters have become mis-shapen due to heavy use of the dies. They may be flawed. The mint letter C certainly has a die crack, but are any of the others overstruck?

Any serious collector will have seen the same thing on Farthings, particularly those of George I where many mis-shapen letters are found.

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