1928 Penny Broken 8 Variety

[Splock]

So I won this Penny for a cheap price on Friday. It was listed as a "Broken 8" variety.



What I didn't notice until I got it home was that it also had a broken "O" in OMN: on the Obverse.




Twice the errors for half the price. Bargain! :yahoo:

[Nevol]

The 1928 Penny can be found with these 'broken' letters/numerals, cuds etc...
Broken bottom of 8 in date
Broken top of 8 in date
Broken O in OMN
Broken O in GEORGIVS
Broken 2 in date
Broken D in FD
Cuds on 2nd M in COMMONWEALTH
Cuds around OMN

Plus another I'm not too sure about, is a missing base to the I in Australia.

I'd say your coin has more of these than you've picked up so far. :winkextra:

[Splock]

The 1928 Penny can be found with these 'broken' letters/numerals, cuds etc...
Broken bottom of 8 in date
Broken top of 8 in date
Broken O in OMN
Broken O in GEORGIVS
Broken 2 in date
Broken D in FD
Cuds on 2nd M in COMMONWEALTH
Cuds around OMN

Plus another I'm not too sure about, is a missing base to the I in Australia.

I'd say your coin has more of these than you've picked up so far. :winkextra:

What do you know that O in GEORIVS is missing a certain something and that D in FD isn't complete either!

Thanks Nancy.

[robbiegal]

my count is 7 breaks

not so sure about the cud in comm
I have never seen one of those

nice coin Splock

[Robster]

Definitely scored a bargain with this coin, many breaks on the one coin.!!!:yahoo:

[Fordprefect]

The 1928 Multiple Break penny.
(It is actually Die Fill)
I'd rank it equal first to be collected by Penny Variety Collectors.
(The Other would be the '64 "Star" Die Crack)

Reverse :-
1: Die Break bottom of 8 in Date
2: Die Break top of 8 in Date
3: Die Break top of 2 in Date
4: Die Break in base of U in Australia
5: Die Chip in front of P of Penny
(Without this "Dot" very scarce in combination with the other errors present)
6: Die Break top of O first O of Commonwealth.
At this point in the Die's life the First Leg of the second N in penny
is becoming very thin as well.


Obverse :-
7: Die Break Bottom of O of OMG
8: Die Break Bottom of D of FD
9: Die Break Bottom of O in Georgivs.

[Unicorn]

Fabulous photos Fordprefect ...... along with your usual exceptional penny analysis :good:

[robbiegal]

oh dear
I will be combing through my 1928's tonight!!

[Robster]

So much easier to find these with such beautiful photos. thanks Ford Prefect. (once again).

[robbiegal]

I have got 2 of them all but not that number 6
Sure that it's not just some die fill happening there on the O?

[Fordprefect]

I got them all but not that number 6
Sure that it's not just some die fill happening there on the O?

All the so called breaks on this particular poor sod of a coin
are Die Fill.

If you have a large hoard of them you will also find
the base of the G's in George also filled and most of
the D's also suffer the same fate.
But they don't appear on the Multiple Error coin's.

The missing Die Fill error on that coin I put up is the
10 error job with Die Fill removing the Base Serif's from
the I in Australia.(Can't find it)

Very scarce variety to find without that Die Chip Dot (5)
and All the other Fills present.

[robbiegal]

I corrected my earlier reply
I have 2 of the ones with the dot
but not a hoard (12 of the various broken this and that)

i'll have a closer look through them now

[robbiegal]

found this beauty today
has been harshly scratched in the past but still a very groovy error coin!
also has a tiny edge clip which is separate to the die errors

[Goldseeker]

A lot of "acne" on that coin robbiegal!

[Fulvio]

A lot of "acne" on that coin robbiegal!

Nothing a little Clearasil (or maybe an angle grinder) wouldn't fix...

"Gonna be like new!" :angel: