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A very common type, which I actually run across such more often than I'd expect to. Normally, though, the ones I find are in far lower grade than this. I really love the rich, even, dark brown colour (deferring in the spelling here) it's turned.   Colligo ergo sum
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Wow, that is a beautiful example. I really like this design. Think I like it more than the cartwheel design.
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Wow, that is a beautiful example. Well, it's hardly problem-free, either - there's that cavity at about 1 o'clock on the obverse, and an area that's eroded (environmentally damaged?) at 11 o'clock on the reverse. Also note the raised dot below Brittania's elbow, possibly indicative of a rust pit on the die. The shop had another that was technically better, but its coloration suggested it'd perhaps been polished at some point, so I took this one based on its pleasing overall presentation. Perhaps a bit of buyer's regret over these flaws, though, and I might have to go back and get the other one, too. At least this one seems to be the three berries "SOHO" variety that evidently is slightly the more desirable. Colligo ergo sum
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03/15/2017 12:07 pm
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They are all SOHO mint, in Birmingham, for this series. You are correct in that the berries reverse is a bit more scarce, but these coins are hardly rare and UNC specimens are easy to find and not expensive. Still, this is a nice piece for one to wet their appetite for British coinage of this era. Thanks for sharing
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I don't have an 1806 but do have a decent grade 1807.   |
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Both superb coins, way better than the examples in my collection,  even with the dent, and damage to the 'I' with the 1806, and the slightest amount of old wear, (patinated over), on Britannia's boobs with the 1807. Perhaps Kuchler may have preferred the boobs to be a bit more prominent, and female shapely.  Later Victorian preferences were shown more modestly. No rim damage on either, which can often be a problem with the soft pure copper, of British Half Pennies of this period. "The Counterfeits are (themselves) historically interesting and worthy of acquisition" - ref. Coincraft Catalogue. (1998) |
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...I might have to go back and get the other one, too. So today I did just that.   I see what I take to be berries on this specimen as well, but unlike with the other one, these are adjoining the main branch, without stems. Colligo ergo sum
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Posted 03/14/2017 11:30 pm
