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tosse New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 02/13/2006 05:13 am Hi! This might be a really stupid question (and since I'm not english/american I might not get the language right all the time). I am not a collector and inherited a few old coins and banknotes from a relative so I have no clue what is "normal" and what is "error" in conins. One of the coins I have is a English halfcrown with Ceorge IIII (4th) on it. It't from 1820 and it's really a bit worn, and it has a small mark stamped in to it looking like a kind ov T) so I never cared to put it up for auction when I sold my other coins on ebay recently. Now when I was thinking I should finally sell this one as well I had another look at it. I have noticed that it's different from the other coins in another way: The head-side is up-side-down from the other side with the shield. This is really tricky to explain in english but it looks like it's rotated - if I look ad the Geourge IV head and then flip the coin sideways I will see the other side being up-side-down. Is it suposed to be thi way or is this coind wrongly made? Does this mean it has no value at all or does it have a greater value because of this? If anyone could help me figure this out I would be really thankful Edited by tosse 02/13/2006 05:26 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 02/13/2006 08:41 am I'm sure all forum members would agree that "The only stupid questions are the ones left unasked". You have asked; therefore, your question isn't stupid. Short answer: no, it's supposed to be like that. Die alignment (which way the other side faces when you hold the coin at top and bottom and spin the coin over) varied somewhat on British coins before finally settling into what most of the English-speaking world (apart from the United States) considers "normal" die alignment and which the Americans call "medal" alignment: both sides aligned the same way. Although the catalogues I have handy don't give the usual die alignments, from my observations many of the coin types of George IV and William IV, and the silver coins of Victoria up until 1887, were usually made with "coin" alignment, or "upside down". At least, none of the catalogues I have at hand make any mention of a valuable die alignment variety for 1820 halfcrowns. Sorry. 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 Edited by Sap 02/13/2006 09:05 am Report this Post to the Staff
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