For the 1858 half penny there are four die varieties consisting of four obverse dies paired with three reverse dies.
Fort Regent
From "Rambles Among the Channel Islands, by a Naturalist"
by Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, c.1860
1858
Half Penny |
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Reverse |
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- Obverse 1S:
- The spacing between the one and the eight is 0.90 mm.
- The spacing between the eight and the five is 0.69 mm.
- The spacing between the five and the eight is 0.40 mm.
- The eight and the five in the date have been repunched.
- Striations are visible.
- The R in VICTORIA has been clearly repunched.
- The second R in BRITANNIAR has been repunched.
- The R in REGINA has been clearly repunched.
- Obverse 2S:
- The spacing between the one and the eight is 0.79 mm.
- The spacing between the eight and the five is 0.71 mm.
- The spacing between the five and the eight is 0.79 mm.
- The eight and the five in the date have been repunched.
- Striations are visible.
- The V in VICTORIA has been clearly repunched.
- Obverse 3S:
- The spacing between the one and the eight is 0.79 mm.
- The spacing between the eight and the five is 0.90 mm.
- The spacing between the five and the eight is 0.75 mm.
- The five has been slighlty repunched.
- Striations are visible.
- The V in VICTORIA has been repunched.
- The R in REGINA has been slighlty repunched.
- Obverse 4S:
- The spacing between the one and the eight is 0.79 mm.
- The spacing between the eight and the five is 0.76 mm.
- The spacing between the five and the eight is 0.56 mm.
- Striations are visible.
- The V and R in VICTORIA have been repunched.
- The first R in BRITANNIAR has been repunched.
- The second R in BRITANNIAR has been repunched.
- Reverse A:
- There is a gap between the numerator and the bar in the fraction.
- Reverse B:
- The numerator touches the bar in the fraction.
- Reverse C:
- There is a significant die crack in the fraction.
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The spacings are measured between the digits.
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Obverse Dies: The Date
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Small Spacing between the 8 and the 5
Repunched 8 and 5
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Small Spacing between the 8 and the 5
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Large Spacing between the 8 and the 5
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Normal Spacing between the 1 and the 8
Small Spacing between the 8 and the 5
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Obverse Dies: VICTORIA
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The R in VICTORIA is clearly repunched.
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The V in VICTORIA is clearly repunched.
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The V in VICTORIA is repunched.
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The V in VICTORIA is repunched.
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Obverse Dies: REGINA
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The second R in BRITANNIAR has been repunched.
The R in REGINA has been clearly repunched.
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Both the second R in BRITANNIAR
and the R in REGINA are clear.
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The second R in BRITANNIAR has not been repunched.
The R in REGINA has been repunched.
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The second R in BRITANNIAR has been repunched.
The R in REGINA has been clearly repunched.
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The spacings are measured between the digits.
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