1739 Halfpenny. Single exergue line.

[scott]

there has been 1 and 2 lines all the way from Charles II, and isn't there a faint trace of a line on that 1738 before the date?

[Michael-Roo]

Here I am having returned from studying my 1730s halfpennies yet again.

I can report I have a second 1739 single exergue! More worn than my first example, but the variety is as clear as day. I also note the coin looks very similar to Rob's partial second exergue 1739. Both have the same stubby legend letters. Both have Britannia's branch shorter than it should be. So, as one coin (Rob's) has the second line still partially visible, and the second (mine) doesn't, this may lend weight to the soft strike and/or retooled date area argument. It would also certainly suggest the variety isn't as rare as has been thought.

This second coin of mine is also missing the top section of Britannia's lance and, on the obverse, the R in Georgivs is also stubby and oddly formed.

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