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GR 1845 Ba - Obverse |
GR 1845 Ba - Reverse |
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GR 1845 Ac - Date |
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| GR 1845 Ac Date - 5 |
Date - a normal 3 |
GR 1845 Ac - Date: Pointed top 4 - with a slant-up tail. 5 - top bar slant-up slightly at end tip.
The '45' numerals are slightly larger than the '18'. Good base alignment.
The 1 8 & 4 are all double struck.
The 5 appears as if it could be struck over a 3 as there is a fine line running from
just in front of the end tip of the 5 down to the top rounded curve of the 5.
However, I would suggest that the 1845 is not struck over an 1843 for several
reasons. (1). All the 4 fonts used in 1843 have t-bar style ends to the 4.
None have the slant-up tail 4 font as been for 1845.
(2) All of the 3 fonts are rounded (as per picture) in 1843.
For there to be a 3 under the 5 it would have to be a flat top 3 !
Why would a flat top 3 be used around the 1845 numerals ? - Very unlikely !
The 5 does look remarkably as seen with the 1865 over 3 Penny & Halfpenny varieties.
This is a very unusual variety and could in the future be written up in variety books
as 5 over 3 - when it probably isn't !
My opinion is that it is either a 'clogged' die - a bit of dirt or something has got stuck
in just the place to make one think that it is an over-date.
Or it is a small die crack - as there appears to be the start of one from the top of the
ball at the end of the tail - vertically to the down-bar of the 5.
Whatever the explanation - it still rates as being unusual !
Grade: EF Brightish - Obv. Tone around the legend and lightly in the field. Rev. Light tone.
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