Anyone have closeup shots of an 1844 E/N Half Farthing?
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I will now pause for obligatory heckling from SYRACUSIAN. 
Seriously though, I received my NGC 1844 E/N Half Farthing today, and I cannot ascertain for certain whether or not NGC got it right.
To my eye this coin looks simply like a repunched E rather than E over N. The pictures I've found online (none of them super close up) of the E/N variety show the crossbar of the N being obliterated by the middle stem of the E, which this does not have. Also, there's no trace where the right leg of the N should be...
I have a return privilege, but it's a short window.
Any help would be appreciated.
Seriously though, I received my NGC 1844 E/N Half Farthing today, and I cannot ascertain for certain whether or not NGC got it right.
To my eye this coin looks simply like a repunched E rather than E over N. The pictures I've found online (none of them super close up) of the E/N variety show the crossbar of the N being obliterated by the middle stem of the E, which this does not have. Also, there's no trace where the right leg of the N should be...
I have a return privilege, but it's a short window.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Thanks Tony!
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Your coin is however the same as the one I posted a link to in your original post on this subject. And that coin was attributed by Spink. So if NGC made a mistake, then so did Spink. Not that I would expect them to be perfect and not make mistakes, but one would think that Spink could correctly attribute the coin.