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satyacan New Member India 10 Posts	Posted 07/10/2013 11:07 am Hi All, Can anyone identify is it 1836/5 (or) 1836 ? Thank you in advance Satya Report this Post to the Staff

marz Valued Member United Kingdom 116 Posts	Posted 07/10/2013 9:05 pm Not easy to tell from the photo. Overdates are difficult to see, could you post an enlarged photograph of the date? Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 07/11/2013 01:14 am I know little about overdates on these, but I do know a bit about calligraphy, and that is a rather odd looking '6'. Therefore, I will go for a '6' over '5'. Report this Post to the Staff
satyacan New Member India 10 Posts	Posted 07/11/2013 07:18 am marz and sel_69l, thank you for your reply. Please have a look at the enlarged photograph of the date. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 07/11/2013 09:13 am My opinion of '6' over '5' is now much stronger. That's NO' 'ow ya draw a '6'! Report this Post to the Staff
marz Valued Member United Kingdom 116 Posts	Posted 07/11/2013 7:54 pm The top of the 5/6 numeral on this overdate http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/img.ph...1704&f=r&s=l looks a little flater to me, and the arc below slightly more irregular. The top of the numeral on your coin looks more natural with the curve under the tail of the six more uniform. But I agree with Sel, something about the script looks odd. The 6 is definately not as wide as the other numbers, which might suggest a recut numeral. Not sure about this one Edited by marz 07/11/2013 8:40 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Pertinax Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2135 Posts	Posted 07/11/2013 8:20 pm Compare this normal 1836 http://www.mcsearch.info/ext_image.html?id=113477 and this claimed overdate http://www.mcsearch.info/ext_image.html?id=666399 Report this Post to the Staff
marz Valued Member United Kingdom 116 Posts	Posted 07/11/2013 9:09 pm Prehaps comparing it to another 1836 Halfcrown or other claimed overdate is the wrong way to look at this? Looking at this 1835 halfcrown... http://kingsmint.co.uk/media/catalo...rown-3_1.jpg ...the top of the 5 almost touches the mid loop of the 5 I think if this was an overdate then there would probably be some sign of the original 5 (touching the middle of the 5/6)? I cannot see any sign of the 5 in the above coin. I would hazard a guess that it is maybe a recut 6? Edited by marz 07/11/2013 9:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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