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How can I tell the type A6 third head shilling from the type A7 fourth head?
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If it's not the W.W (relief, incuse or total lack of) then it'll be a difference in the designs relief.
I think the 7th head shilling would be a lower relief version, or one with slightly older features. In it's 50 year use the young head was aged slightly.
If the 1878 has a die number, it would seem that it is a A7 ( lucky you if it is !), if not it would be A6.
Don't know enough to even try to actually identify the differences in the Young head design.
1867
Type A4 - "I" of "VICT" point to bead.
Type A6 - "I" of "VICT" points to a space.
1878
All have die numbers.
Type A6 - The end of the hair chignon appears as an upside-down question mark. Davies identifies two minor variations of this type.
Example
Type A7 - The end of the hair chignon appears as a faint circle.
Example