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1955 Reverse B

Thin rim

1955 Reverse B1

Thicker rim

   

1955 Reverse B

The centre design

The coat of Arms, Crown & Cross

From the top of the crown to

the base of the shield

measures 17.5 mm

1955 Reverse B1

The centre design

The coat of Arms, Crown & Cross

From the top of the crown to

the base of the shield

measures 17 mm

In Peter J. Davies excellent book The British Silver Coins - since 1816

He lists this very difficult to spot variety. It is only when one examines the

two coins together can one spot the difference in size of the border rims.

The letter in the legend on both coins line up identically to the border teeth

so it is impossible to determine the difference in that way. If one measures

from the top of the Cross to the base of the Coat of Arms there is only a

half a millimetre difference. Not a lot ! and impossible to determine by eye

alone but there is just that small size difference that makes it a different die.

Peter found that this rim and design size difference occurs for both the 

English & Scottish shilling types. He found that the Scottish type was many 

times rarer than the English type. 

In all my years of looking I have only ever had 2 examples of the English 

type and 100s of the normal thin rim issue. So far I have found none of the 

Scottish type. I consider the English type of what I now call Reverse B1 as

rare. I hope that my examples for comparison help you in finding examples

of either the English or Scottish type or both.

 

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