1920 Halfcrown Rev B

[ozjohn]

I was looking through Michael Coins catalog where he listed two types of 1920 halfcrown reverses Rev A and Rev B. The attached photo shows the reverse of a 1920 halfcrown I have and I emailed a scan to Michael for his opinion. When Michael replied he confirmed that he thought it was the Rev B variety. Michael also made another comment about the coin to the fact that Rev B coins were of the deeper cut larger head on the obverse which is the case for the one illustrated on Michael's catalog. The coin I had was a shallow cut larger head type on the obverse. Has any one any knowledge of this variety. Details for this variety can be found on www.michael-coins.co.uk/hc1920 %20rev%20A+B.htm in general it refers to the bottom part of the coin on the garter that goes past the 19 in the date. I will post an image of the Rev A coin on another post as the file exceeds 500k.

Thanks,

John

[ozjohn]

Post 1 cont.

[ozjohn]

PS I should have added the bottom of the garter for Rev A has a ridge on it where as the garter in question for Rev B does not.

[Gary1000]

I'm of the opinion that the ridge often gets filled which is lest than helpfull in determining the type.

[Peckris]

I was looking through Michael Coins catalog where he listed two types of 1920 halfcrown reverses Rev A and Rev B. The attached photo shows the reverse of a 1920 halfcrown I have and I emailed a scan to Michael for his opinion. When Michael replied he confirmed that he thought it was the Rev B variety. Michael also made another comment about the coin to the fact that Rev B coins were of the deeper cut larger head on the obverse which is the case for the one illustrated on Michael's catalog. The coin I had was a shallow cut larger head type on the obverse. Has any one any knowledge of this variety. Details for this variety can be found on www.michael-coins.co.uk/hc1920 %20rev%20A+B.htm in general it refers to the bottom part of the coin on the garter that goes past the 19 in the date. I will post an image of the Rev A coin on another post as the file exceeds 500k.

Thanks,

John

The link you posted is incomplete and goes nowhere - this is where I had to go, via Google : http://www.michael-coins.co.uk/hc1920%20rev%20A+B.htm

Yes, I would say your halfcrown is definitely Rev B - it's too high a grade for it to be a Rev A "with the garter ridge worn down". Also the gap between C and the garter, and the 'flat' 9.

However, according to Davies' classification, reverse B occurs with both obverses (Michael is mistaken about this) :

1+A (deep portrait) common

1+B (scarce or rare reverse)

2+A (rare obverse)

3+A (shallow portrait) common

3+B (scarce or rare reverse)

[ozjohn]

Hi Peckrus,

Sorry about the link. I just copied it from Micheal's site and probably made a mistake. Thanks for the info. The coin came from NGS as an MS 62 which despite the remarks about this 3rd party grader is close to the mark given the poor mint strike for most 1920 coins. I think NGS may have got it right for the wrong reasons.

Regards,

John

[Peckris]

Hi Peckrus,

Sorry about the link. I just copied it from Micheal's site and probably made a mistake. Thanks for the info. The coin came from NGS as an MS 62 which despite the remarks about this 3rd party grader is close to the mark given the poor mint strike for most 1920 coins. I think NGS may have got it right for the wrong reasons.

Regards,

John

Yes, I'm sure it's scarce or even rare - just not unknown in that combination!