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Varieties for the 1852 Florin
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FL 1852 A 1852 Florin - normal date 'Foot is resting on the ball' |
FL 1852 B 1852 Florin - Normal date 'Foot is kicking the ball' |
FL 1852 A - Obv. Shows the normal 1852 die made for 1852. Note the level where the 'full stop' is -
This example has the 'full stop' on the baseline, rather than above.
The stop after the 2nd i appears as if the 'Foot is resting on the ball'
Note that the first i is above the baseline.
FL 1852 B - Obv. Shows the normal 1852 die made for 1852. Note the level where the 'full stop' is -
Above and to the right of the tail of the italic i.
The stop after the 2nd i appears as if the 'Foot is kicking the ball'
These 2 obverses have been listed as separate dies due to their differences.
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FL 1852 C 1852 Florin - i over stop (.) |
FL 1852 D 1852 Florin - i over i |
FL 1852 C - shows where an extra digit had been added to the original 1851 die. A 2nd i has been added.
Note that the last i tilts forward slightly and is out of alignment with the 1st i. The top of the
last i is now just passed the centre of the trefoil - whereas on the normal 1852 die the i it
touches the centre of the trefoil. The 'full stop' after the 2nd i is in line with the foot of the
curled up tail of the i. Whereas on the normal 1852 die the 'full stop' is above - I have shown
this with an arrow - where the 'full stop' would have been on the original 1851 die (MDCCCLI.) -
a very small bit, of the full stop, is just sticking out to the right of the 2nd leg - just above where
it curls up.
FL 1852 D - shows a 1852 normal die but the 2nd i is in fact double struck over the i. The top of 2nd i,
is as per FL 1852 A which touches the centre of the trefoil. On this example there is a small piece
of the doubled front of the leg of the 2nd i resulting in a double tail .Compare the position of the
'full stop' of this variety with that of FL 1852 A and one will see that the 'full stop' is in a very similar
position - i.e the tail or 'foot' of the i is kicking a ball !
FL 1852 E - Rev. n over inverted n in florin - 3 examples of this variety have been seen and listed by
Mal Lewendon in the latest English Silver Coinage by Spink.
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