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1866 Varieties
Obverse 2 - Was used between 1859 and 1868 and kept the same amount of border teeth as obverse 1. The fonts of the C & G were changed otherwise the other letters remained the same. Their relationship to the border teeth also remained the same. The major change was to the increased re-cutting of Victoria's hair below her hair-ribbon as on obverse 1 even in choice unused grades Victoria's hair appeared worn. There were major problems with the colon dots after D: G: & F: D: with many either missing or differently placed. Obverse 3 - There are now many more border teeth than used for obverse 2. The font letter are similar to those of obverse 2 except that they are now slightly bolder. The A of VICTORIA is now closer to the D of D: G: and the B of BRITANNIAR is closer to the G: of D: G: The R of REGINA is also closer to the colon dots ater BRITANNIAR. The Colon dots after D: of F: D: no longer align with the back of Victoria's truncation, they are now slightly further in. The colon dots are now very strong and pronounced. Victoria's eye is fractionally larger and more pronounced. Victoria's nose is very slightly aquiline (very slight upward bulge !). Victoria's lip are bolder and her mouth is slightly more open. Victoria's neck now has a very slight bulge, just at the start of her neck. The front of her truncation is now rounded instead of being pointed. Victoria's face is very slightly fuller. Her hair is even more sharply defined and the top of her ear is still covered.
Obverse 2 - The 1st I of VICTORIA aligns with a gap between two border teeth. The colon dots after G: of D: G: align with a gap between two border teeth. The 1st I of BRITANNIAR aligns with a gap between two border teeth. * There are also several other different letter alignments if one needs to use them. Obverse 3 - The 1st I of VICTORIA aligns with a border tooth. The colon dots after G: of D: G: align with a border tooth. The 1st I of BRITANNIAR aligns with a border tooth. * There are also several other different letter alignments if one needs to use them. * Davies lists having seen an example of obverse 3 for 1866. I have as yet never been fortunate enough in finding, seeing or obtaining an example. I have also checked various auction records and have not found an example that has been sold. This does not necessarily suggest that it might not exist. If it does it would be a very RARE find.
ST 1866 B - Obv. 2 Inverted A for V in VICTORIA - Extremely RARE - Recent discovery - 1 known !
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