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moswinner New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 05/26/2012 5:30 pm Any body Know if my coin is a Rarity you will see that the letter "R" in "FR" is directly under the "4" in my coin but all other coins of this date seem to be different. See example in the larger photo. MY COIN Same date. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16862 Posts	Posted 05/27/2012 06:08 am Hello and welcome. As far as I can tell, there's not too much attention paid to the variations in legend with this coin; there are even some with FRA instead of FR pictured in Spink, but no mention of this in the listings. So even if it is rare, there's no demand to make it valuable. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
moswinner New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 05/27/2012 08:12 am Thanks for quick reply here's another strange one,I have a Crown dated 1677 and someone 250 years ago, for whatever reason, decided to put an inscription on. England went to War with Spain on this date but I don't think the two are Connected. Can anyone explain the seemingly extra "y" with the small "c" above it. I know "c" usually means "Circa" or "around". Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5178 Posts	Posted 05/27/2012 08:42 am Quote: Can anyone explain the seemingly extra "y" with the small "c" above it. I know "c" usually means "Circa" or "around". It's a "e", not a "c". This combination ("y" with an "e" above it) was used as an abbreviation for (the word we would write as) "the", so "Jan[uar]y the 18th". Never seen it on a coin before though nor in an 18th-century context (it's more of an early 17th century abbreviation so if this really was cut in 1762 the guy who did it was being seriously archaic). Report this Post to the Staff
SaintRidley Pillar of the Community United States 592 Posts	Posted 05/27/2012 6:20 pm And the reason y is used in that abbreviation is due to the original spelling of the word the It comes from the fact that y was substituted in for þ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)) once printing began because few printers had the resources to include the latter. The article I linked shows some of the abbreviations formed in this way and from this origin. Very cool, though. Edited by SaintRidley 05/27/2012 10:40 pm Report this Post to the Staff
moswinner New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 05/28/2012 4:24 pm Thank you so much, what a brilliant site this is. Report this Post to the Staff
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