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FL 1879 B - Obv. |
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FL 1879 B - Rev. |
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FL 1879 B - briit: (Flawed 't') |
FL 1879 B - 3 + B Obv. w.w. below bust. No die number. No stop after date.
Read as briit: * In my opinion a slightly flawed 't' {see below).
Grade: Obv. Fair ? Weakness in the date - the 'dccc' are misty
Rev. Fair Legend clear shields are weak.
* This flawed 't' in britt: reverse was first listed by Davies back in 1982 (D. 768) in his
British Sliver Coins since 1816 reference book. The researcher Spink in their 2015
English Silver Coinage since 1649 lists this coin as ESC 2893 but lists no rarity value
as they had never seen an example but the normal britt: (ESC 2893) with the same
obverse and reverse is listed as ESC 2892 with a rarity of R2.
This variety of the flawed 't' has not appeared on dealer's lists or auction and talking
to the researcher of the Spink ESC reference book he now has an example in his
collection that is in better grade than my example. I think that the above coin is the example that Davies was trying
to reference back in 1982.
So either this variety is very rare or collectors with examples of 1879 florins with
3 + B have not noticed this 'flaw' to the 't' !
This is now the 3rd example found - 11 March 2024
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