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Any half sov experts out there ?
I'm interested to know if this 1883 half sov has the fresh reverse die or the worn reverse.
Doubling of the first A in BRITANNIA looks similiar to the fresh reverse on Walter's website.
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same year , different coin ??
1883 ??? ,, kel ,,
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McDonalds says that the rarer one (reverse type 3) has the top of the crown touching the beads rather than buried in the beads.
Yours looks like the top of the crown is touching to me, but I'm not sure. The type 3 reverse should have 147 denticles rather than 148 denticles too if you're up for counting.
Mister T, the crenulated type is 5/3, he's trying to identify if this was struck by the 1880/1881 reverse die or by a fresh die. It looks likes the fresh one as the top-right of the shield is far more worn on the earlier die.
Quote from: 'wwwww' pid='9409' dateline='1363137952'Mister T, the crenulated type is 5/3, he's trying to identify if this was struck by the 1880/1881 reverse die or by a fresh die. It looks likes the fresh one as the top-right of the shield is far more worn on the earlier die.
Thanks Walter.
Not bad for about bullion.