Discussion On Alignments Of British Coins.

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wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 03/04/2013 12:00 am Hello members, I am studying the silver coins of British monarchs from QE I to QE II, I find that the dividing line of medal alignment and coin alignment of British silver coins was 1887, that is, it was in coin alignment before 1887 and became medal alignment from 1887 to now. Can anyone confirm my observation and conclusion? As I study only silver coins, dose this conclusion apply to other low denomination coins? I hope you can give me a hint on this subject. Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 03/04/2013 02:33 am For hammered coins, it doesn't make too much sense to talk about "die alignment", since for hammered coins the dies are aligned by hand; there's a lot more variation found when that happens. It's only for machine-struck coins (Charles II onwards) with dies fixed in place in the machine that one can talk about what the "normal" alignments should be. There wasn't a single moment of transition where Britain switched form "coin" to "medal" alignment. As far as I can read it (the Spink catalogue gives the normal alignment for all machine-struck coins), the following patterns can be discerned: Gold Up to 1786: coin 1787-1816: medal 1817-1886: coin 1887-present: medal Silver Up to 1786: coin 1787-1820: medal (except for the crown, which was coin) 1821-1886: coin 1887-present: medal Copper Up to 1825/6: coin 1826-present: medal 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
wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 03/04/2013 03:55 am Thanks for your reply, Sap. Report this Post to the Staff
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