Proper Alignment For 1882 Three Pence?

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halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 11/07/2007 12:16 pm Anyone know whether the striking alignment for the 1882 Victoria 3 pence is supposed to be coin or medal? Thanks a lot. HABIB Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/07/2007 1:20 pm Krause doesn't state whether coin or medal aligned. I believe that the normal alignment is coin aligned. Report this Post to the Staff
ChristinaM Pillar of the Community United States 547 Posts	Posted 11/07/2007 4:22 pm It is supposed to be medal orientation. Most British coins have this orientation rather than the "coin" orientation that we have. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16834 Posts	Posted 11/08/2007 02:44 am According to the Spink catalogue, British coins of Queen Victoria prior to the "jubilee" coinage of 1887 were normally "coin alignment", the same as American coins. Since 1887, all British coinage has been "medal alignment". So an 1882 3 pence is supposed to be coin-aligned. 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
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 11/08/2007 04:10 am Good info. here http://24carat.co.uk/headupsidedown...seframe.html Report this Post to the Staff
halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 11/08/2007 09:02 am Thanks all for the info and thanks for the link--I assumed coin alignment was correct for the 3d of this era, since that is what mine is, but I wanted to be sure. Interesting that Krause ignores this detail. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 11/08/2007 11:22 am Re. sap's reference to Spink; this is quite interesting as I've just had a leaf through my pot of British antique coins and I have a Sixpence and a Shilling dated 1817 and 1819 respectively in medal-alignment <--> (the sixpence is slightly off-centre but it's basically medal) and a groat dated 1836 also aligned "<-->" - as a medal. On the other hand, I found a Shilling dated 1836 in "coin" alignment. Looking further, the halfpenny of 1806 is in coin as is the 1720 farthing. They are quite mixed generaly after George III.... Strange that my pot now looks quite predominantly medallic... Edited by NumisMattyUk 11/08/2007 11:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16834 Posts	Posted 11/09/2007 02:16 am Yep, those are all normal alignments for their types. Prior to Victoria, the alignments were up and down all over the place, though usually consistent within a particular type. This is presumably why Spink gives the alignment for each type. I just wish Krause did the same, too. 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
blueczar1512 Valued Member Australia 112 Posts	Posted 11/10/2007 09:29 am from what I can see 1887 is right as being when it switched from coin to medal for 3d 6d and 1s, but the penny, halfpenny and farthing are medal as far back as 1825, then coin before that. There is also a medal fourpence from 1842. Report this Post to the Staff
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