Australian 1920 Double Dot Penny

Mr T
The problem is that the annual reports to The Royal Mint were done annually yet the dates on the dies were often of a previous year.
I have seen the original log books for Sydney so I'm somewhat confident that Sydney struck 1,325,760 (1104.8 bags delivered) based on that many delivered from the coining room to store (it is possible that I made a transcribing error from the faded/ scratchy handwriting).
Mullett has the figures for pennies dated 1920 as 1,379,760 for Sydney,7018,800 for Melbourne and 93,600 for Perth (8,492,160 all up). But I wouldn't rely on Mulletts figures as his counts for both 1924 and 1926 Sydney mintages don't gel with the log books.

Yeah okay, and does that Sydney figure include the ones supposedly struck in 1921 too?
I'm not surprised it wasn't the real deal but you never know.

Ah thanks.
By the way, was http://www.ebay.com/itm/1920-LONDON...047675.l2557 a dot over bottom scroll London die and did someone get a very good deal?

Oh good, that makes me feel a bit better about missing it.
I thought it looked cleaned too but the price was okay.

Hi Basil
The coin is a dot under.
I last week went through 56 coins from this obverse die and the dot and/or a microscopic die marker on the reverse identified all but 3 as coming from the same reverse, the remaining 3 were too grimy/battered to spot either the dot or the die marker. The odds are against the No Dot English existing.

Hi Neal, Mr T, others.

Just a quick note to say that I had seen the earlier comments, and actually agree that the coin imaged on my resource site is likely to be a 'dot below' that has become a 'no dot' by means of die fill error, but what has now become commonly known as the 'no dot' through publication, pricing guides, and the passing of time.

When putting the site together, I am trying to get images up first, then go back and fill in descriptions. I have not been able to do so at the rate I would like to, but do find moments when I can add and update content.

It had always been my intention to qualify the images of the 'no dot', both Indian and London, as likely die fills, however I had not put descriptions with images. I had also wanted to let the dust settle to get more input before adding the description, however haven't prioritised it, due to time constraints.

A friend of mine gave me a nudge today, which brought it back to mind, and it also pointed out to me that incomplete information is mis-information, so I have done the descriptions and qualifiers for the 1920 'no dots'.

I have addressed the issue with my opinion, and referred those wanting more information on the Neal's other thread.

1920 no dots, does it exist?

Once the revision has finished uploading (4-5 hours .....), I will post the link.

Please understand that my resource site is intended to provide basic information from which people can then expand and learn through more knowledgeable sources.

Regards,

Tim Bowden
TDK APDC

www.tdkapdc.com.au

Hi Tim
Good update on your website.
You have a typo there in the spelling of Indian.
The No Dot Indian probably does exist (but only from about 5 FBL dies) but there are those who think ALL no dots (including the Indian)are die fill.
Neal

This is one of the 1920 varieties that I have noodled over the last couple of days.To me it looks like a dot over
bottom scroll