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1746 Maundy 3d - Obverse |
1746 Maundy 3d - Reverse |
Date: 1746 - 6 over 3 |
1746 Maundy 3d. Obv. Very slightly poor metal mix - resulting in dark hair-line just below
eye onto nose (3 mm).
Rev. Date: 6 over 3.
Grade: Choice EF+ (or even pAS) with very light tone. Lovely coin.
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1746 3d - date Top arrow points to where the (broken) tip of the 6 should be The lower arrow points to where part of the 3 arm is. See next picture |
1746 3d - date Dots have been added to show where the position of the 3 in the 1743 die was. It is probably that the 6 is over a 3 (1743 die) |
1746 3d - date Dots have been added to show where the (broken) tail of the 6 would have been. I have also erased the part of the back of the 3 that now makes up the new 6 'tail' |
1746 Maundy 3d - The above pictures are to show my conclusions on what has occurred with this date.
One reference book concludes that the 6 could be over a 5. I discount this theory as
there was no 1745 Maundy 3d coins made so where would the 5 come from ?
My scans show how the 3 could be the under date. 1743 was the last date prior to
1746 that any Maundy coins were made. So using up 1743 dies would be logical.
The top 'tail' of the 6 was broken or weakly struck. Either it is the back of the 3
that is the new 'tail of the 6 or a punch was used to add a 'bit' from the circular
part of the "O" to the back of the 3 !!
One would think that there should be a 1746 3d with the 'upright' tail to the 6
but so far it appears that ALL 1746 3ds are as per the above !?
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