Die-letters on Isle of Man coins
MadMuffin
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As I collect Isle of Man minors and circulation coins I have been curious about the small die-letters that can often be found on them. There is not much information available on this area, but there is one informative homepage here
The dieletters are often found in pairs such as "AA", and that particular combination is by far the most common. But if you look in Krause you will se that many other combinations are known, and Krause probably doesn't list them all.
I have quite a few Isle of Man coins with dieletters myself, and I would like to know which dieletters the rest of you have, just to see if any new combinations can be found and to get a picture of how common the different combinations are. The dieletters can be difficult to find - you will need a magnifying glass for most of them - but they are nearly always on the reverse of the coin.
Let's start with the ½ pennies and pennies. Show your letters
(I will post my own letters in a short while)
Marcel
The dieletters are often found in pairs such as "AA", and that particular combination is by far the most common. But if you look in Krause you will se that many other combinations are known, and Krause probably doesn't list them all.
I have quite a few Isle of Man coins with dieletters myself, and I would like to know which dieletters the rest of you have, just to see if any new combinations can be found and to get a picture of how common the different combinations are. The dieletters can be difficult to find - you will need a magnifying glass for most of them - but they are nearly always on the reverse of the coin.
Let's start with the ½ pennies and pennies. Show your letters
(I will post my own letters in a short while)Marcel
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1 P 1980AA
1987AB
1991AA
1998AA
2 P 1980AA
1996AA
1998AA
5 P 1980AA
1990AA
1998AA
1999AB
10 P 1980AB
1992AA
1998AA
20 P 1998AA
50 P 1998AA
1 POUND 1999AA
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Here's my own contribution. Since you listed all your IOM coins with letters, I will do the same.
½ penny 1980 AB
1 penny 1979 AB
1 penny 1980 AB
1 penny 1984 AA
1 penny 1987 AA
1 penny 1988 AB
1 penny 1997 AA
1 penny 2001 AA
2 pence 1980 AA
2 pence 1987 AA
2 pence 1989 AC (The only AC coin I have ever seen personally!)
2 pence 1999 AA
2 pence 2001 AB
5 pence 1979 AA
5 pence 1981 AA
5 pence 1985 AA
5 pence 1998 AA
5 pence 2001 AA
10 pence 1988 AA
10 pence 1992 AB
10 pence 2001 AA
20 pence 1982 BB (silver proof)
20 pence 1984 AA
20 pence 1988 AA
20 pence 2000 AA
50 pence 1982 AB (commem)
50 pence 1985 AA (commem)
50 pence 1988 AA (commem=
50 pence 1988 AA
50 pence 1997 AA (commem)
50 pence 2001 AA
1 pound 1978 AB (KM44)
1 pound 1979 AA (KM44)
1 pound 1980 AA (KM44)
1 pound 1987 AA
1 pound 1988 AA
2 pounds 1988 AA
Most people have not noticed this, but dieletters also appear on the 1979 "Millennium of Tynwald" CuNi crowns. Or they are supposed to, anyway. I have the series, but there are only letters on the coin with the Kogge-ship sailing left. They can be found in the water at left. On my coin they are CB although the B looks like an E. If anyone has a Tynwald crown with other letters than CB, please let me know!
If some of you have a very large IOM collection and don't want to list it all here, it would be easier to just list the coins that have ANYTHING ELSE than AA on them
Marcel
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2004 Has both the 98 and 99 KM 902 listed together.
But then again it has them both as AA
Mark
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Marcel