1872 H Newfoundland 20 Cents Double Roman 1

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Canadian coins Valued Member Canada 142 Posts	Posted 03/26/2018 09:10 am I have come across a couple examples of this doubling in my search to identify. Question: Is this a common variety? Reference to the Roman 1 and the Arabic 1 is in my latest copy of Coins of Canada. There is no reference to the Double Roman 1 for this date though? Report this Post to the Staff

JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21610 Posts	Posted 03/26/2018 10:07 am According to Charlton and checking on ebay, the Roman 1 was used from 1865 to 1880. The Arabic 1 was used from 1881 to 1900. Report this Post to the Staff
TheDeductible Pillar of the Community Canada 851 Posts	Posted 03/26/2018 10:57 am Hmm... It doesn't look doubled to me. I see something there but I'm not sure what it is. Maybe someone else will have better insight. Report this Post to the Staff
TerryT Pillar of the Community Canada 822 Posts	Posted 03/26/2018 4:33 pm To me it looks like it has been repunched. The foot appears to have a shorter doubled image above it. I suggest it has been repunched with a smaller punch. Try measuring the i's in Victoria to see if maybe that punch was used instead of the large I (like a micro-D 1881H Cdn. cent). After all, the 1 in the date is actually a capital i. Edited by TerryT 03/26/2018 4:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Canadian coins Valued Member Canada 142 Posts	Posted 03/26/2018 6:43 pm Thank you for your thoughts. I may not have the right wording for it? Repunched and doubled are different in which way? Does doubled mean the same punch twice and repunched, with something different? I misread my Coins and Canada. I thought it said 1865 and 1880. There is reference to it then. I will further investigate the cause of what appears to be repunched? Mistakingly I've called it doubled. The Number 1, Roman or Arabic appears thicker than the examples I've looked at online. Report this Post to the Staff
canadian-varieties Pillar of the Community Canada 1442 Posts	Posted 03/26/2018 11:58 pm "Coins of Canada" - what's that? "Is this a common variety?" - Yes... If you want to have more fun...find out how many of these coins have a "centered H" on the obverse, and how many have a "Right Shifted H" on the obverse. The H is the mintmark of 1872H... Find out which is the scarcer variety. Yours is the "Right Shifted H" Also..there is a scarcer variety where the 1 in 1872 looks like a "Z" Edited by canadian-varieties 03/27/2018 12:00 am Report this Post to the Staff
Canadian coins Valued Member Canada 142 Posts	Posted 03/27/2018 08:28 am I should give full reference so that people know which reference I am using. 35th edition Coins of Canada By: J.A. Haxby and R.C. Willey. It references the Roman "I". I think the collection I acquired is full of different varieties. With no breakdown of what they are. It's like a treasure hunt. I've found many errors and anomalies. Quite fun. I am using this reference book to identify alot of them. Thanks for the tip on the "H". For some coins I know there is something there but I just can't identify it. The collection belonged to someone who worked in a bank for forty years. They may have come across something that looked different and traded it ( I'm not sure if that's allowed) no definitive evidence of this happening. Report this Post to the Staff
JHax Valued Member United States 302 Posts	Posted 04/01/2018 11:16 am In deciding which varieties are major enough to warrant inclusion in a standard catalog, one must remember that there are many Victorian varieties involving repunching of letters or digits. Because of a shortage of space, most must be left for inclusion in specialized variety or die catalogs. Your piece, in my opinion, is one of those. Of course, the question of what should or should not be listed in a standard catalog is a topic that can stir up heated debate. Wouldn't it be nice if there were online versions of the standard catalogs, where varieties could be given more extensive coverage and prices could be updated more often than once a year? Anyway, your variety is certainly an interesting one and thanks for taking the trouble to share it with us! Report this Post to the Staff
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