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New Zealand
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1865 New Foundland 1 cent- looks re punched 6 ? plus die cracks through New Foundland and R, under bust.    Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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 United States
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The 6 and the 8 look interesting. It also looks like it might have a coating of shellac on it? John1  |
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 Canada
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I agree with John on the 5 & 8 and coating. How'd that stuff get down there to Aussie-land?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Canada
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Using Barry Borselino's info on varieties I have identified it as Type I (a) - Wide Date, Large 6 over Small 6, Even 5.
I don't see any shellac either.
Nice coin, fourmack. EF-40 maybe, net grade VF-30
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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To me all the numbers look to have doubling, but the 6 is the most interesting it has doubling in inner loop and outer.
Nice find
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Valued Member
Canada
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According to the book on cents and Half Cents of British North America by Jack Griffin (2006), all 1865 Newfoundland cents have a recut 6, as this happened at the matrix level. Jan |
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Canada
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Comparing your image to those in the book I mentioned above, I agree that the 5 is even, but I feel it is normally spaced date, not a wide date.
Jan
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Canada
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BCTokens you need to reference Barry Borselinos works to understand what variety I am describing.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I don't have a copy of Borselino's work, but would like to. I have never known how to access it.
I do have the work by Griffin, and he classifies the O/P's coin as Gr-601f, which is a normal date.
Clearly there is a difference in our sources, which was the issue I was trying to raise.
Jan
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Canada
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Yes, Don, I put down Aussie without looking ... and I've even mailed stuff down there, so I knew.!
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Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
Edited by fourmack
04/07/2022 4:59 pm
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Canada
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The bottom, outer part of the 6 is damage, not doubling.
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Posted 04/07/2022 08:11 am
