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1840 Reverses
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| GR 1840 A - Rev. A | GR 1840 A - Rev. A | |
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| GR 1840 B - Rev. B |
GR 1840 B - Rev. B |
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GR 1840 C - Rev. C |
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GR 1840 C |
GR 1840 A - Rev. A - All of the lettering of PENCE are normal font.
The C is well rounded with a small gap at 3 o'clock.
GR 1840 B - Rev. B - All of the lettering of PENCE are normal font - except for the C.
. The C is now broken and has a piece missing from 4 - 5 o'clock.
GR 1840 C - Rev. C The centre bar of the E of PENCE is completely broken off.
The NCE have been repaired and double struck but the repairer
was unable or forgot to repair the E !
* Seen only with the flat top 4 as per GR 1840 A
A possible explanation for the broken E & C in PENCE is that in 1824
the Royal Mint purchased from the Paris Mint an early type of copying
or reducing machine (une machine pour les Tours à Portrait) and
designers could now make large copies of their work with more detail
and accuracy and it could now be reduced down to the size required.
This reduction could in some cases could make some of the letters
nearly as thick as a coarse hair. The metal for making the dies were
not at their best in early Victorian as one can see from all the die
cracking one can see on these small coins.
Several 'master dies' had to be made from which 'working dies' could
be made from. It is more than possible that on one occasion the
'fine' centre bar of the E snapped off. At the time it was not noticed
but when it was it was deemed not necessary to repair the die and it
was abandoned and a new working die made.
The broken 'C' in PENCE die which I have found used from 1838 to
1848 due its use for 10 years I believe would have happened on a
'master die' rather than on a working die. The Mint would have
probably deemed, if they had even notice that a small fragment of
the die was broken on the C, that it was still totally serviceable as
a slightly more open 'C' rather than a more closed 'C'.
* See 1838 for further reverse details
1840 Date variations
All the 4's, so far found, have a T bar - tail end
Date Type a - Flat (or slightly rounded) top 4.
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| GR 1840 - Date: a |
GR 1840 - Date: Type a: The top of the 4 has a flat top.
The 0 is oval
The 4 is directly above a border tooth
* This variety has been seen with the numerals double struck and NOT double struck.
Date Type b - 4 has a very slightly rounded top - NOT flat or pointed !
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| GR 1840 - Date. b |
GR 1840 - Date: Type b - The top of the 4 has a flat (slightly rounded) top and is slightly squat !
The 0 is oval.
The front angle bar is slightly rounded.
The 4 is above a gap between two border teeth
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| GR 1840 - Date: b1 |
GR 1840 - Date: b2 |
GR 1840 - Date: Type b1 - The 4 is slightly above the baseline and tilts forward very slightly.
The front angled bar now appear to be straight.
The 4 is above a border tooth.
The 0 is oval as per normal but is below the baseline.
* (This variety courtesy of Ruggero 17/8/2018)
GR 1840 - Date: Type b2 - The 4 is tall, slim and
The 4 is above a border tooth and fractionally below the baseline.
The 0 is small than previous and the now the same size as the 18.
The 0 is below the baseline.
Date Type c & d - Pointed top 4.
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GR 1840 - Date: c |
GR 1840 - Date: c1 |
GR 1840 - Date: Type c The 4 & 0 are larger than the 1 & 8.
The 0 is oval.
The 4 has a pointed top and the front angle bar appears to be slightly curved.
The 4 is directly above a border tooth and tilts forward, very slightly
The 40 are on the baseline being larger - rise above the 18
GR 1840 - Date: Type c1 - The 4 is below the baseline.
The 0 is oval and possibly just below the base line
The front angled bar of the 4 is slightly curved as per type b.
The 4 is between and to the left a border tooth (to gap).
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GR 1840 - Date: d |
GR 1840 - Date: Type d - The 40 are smaller and now the same font size as the 18.
The 184 are all on the same baseline.
The 0 is slightly more rounded than oval and just below the baseline.
The 4 is directly over a border tooth.
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