Latest 50 Cent Finds

west- canuk..I ran it through my software and as the arrows are pointing to...Seems kind of rough to be a clip..In my Hubble opinion of course.

Nice find for the clash mark between the 4 and the 3..... they are not common, but you can also find the Obverse 'GE' clashmark between the last two date digits for 1940, 1945 and 1949. I haven't seen the 1943 one.

Looking through the junk silver bin today, found a couple of interesting 50 cents :

A 1941 with what might be Struck Through Grease, there is a depression above the 50, above and to the right of the lion's mouth






and another to the right of the tail , and to the right of the lion's chest.









Also found an 1950 with a nice obverse ear-die clash, too bad it was such a low grade coin.





and a 1943 3 over 3.

Thanks pg, think I'll give the 41 a bath in acetone and see what it looks like after. I picked up a 61 clash finally, nicer grade, shows some obverse marks by the hair ribbon, the usual light marks above the lion's head and unicorn's head, marks above and below the unicorn's lower foreleg, and the clash at the bottom of the lion's staff.









Also found a 45 5/5, looks like the pointed 5/5 lower corner of Charlton pg.313.

Excellent pictures! Do these sell for a premium?

Alex A: you asked 'Do these sell for a premium?'

Apart from the 1948, the 1947s, and the 1947 Maple Leaf Major Varieties, and the well known/publicised 1946 Hoof through 6 and the 1949 hoof over 9, minor varieties of the George VI fifty cent family there are no other varieties that sell for much of a premium.... The family is a very fertile ground for varieties, both major and minor, but there doesn't seem to be the collector core that follows the Victorian Large Cents for instance...

I am willing to pay a little extra for the varieties, but usually you can pick them up for no extra cost. I know of a few other collectors for the series, but there doesn't seem to be the competition for examples that drives prices up. (For instance, see the 3/3 above, doubled to the east
of the top loop of the 3.... there are 8 different dies that fit this description, and there are over 20 3/3's that I am aware of, and I didn't have to pay extra for any.)

Always wanted one of these, to bad it is well cleaned and low grade but that's what you find in the junk silver bin.
From what I understand, it had air bubbles trapped in the blank planchet, when it was struck, the air expanded from heat and caused these high spot bubbles .





The bubble under the 'CENTS"



The Bubble to the left of the unicorn foreleg.


Maybe bubbles by 'VI' and forehead.