Great Britain 1851 Farthing Doube 8 Unknown?

canadaeh

cant find anything on a double 8 in date. clear as day. Unknown, not listed? help please.

JCMhouston

The only variety I see in my books is the D over sideways D, we would need to see a pic to know for sure but British collectors do not seem to get too excited over a repunched date numeral unless it is pretty dramatic.

canadaeh

please pm me for pics. cant file to upload

Exbrit

I don't collect Farthings and know little of them, but this is what I found:

Known Die Combinations:
Obverse Reverse Ref No: Peck No: Comments
2. B. CG1851-VA-2-B. 1572 Normal
2. Ba CG1851-VA-2-Ba. 1572. Stop after BRITANNIAR
2a. B. CG1851-VA-2a-B. 1573. Wide date
2a. Bb. CG1851-VA-2a-Bb. 1572. Wide date, no serifs to B
2b. B. CG1851-VA-2b-B. 1572. D over sideways D in DEI
2b. Bb. CG1851-VA-2b-Bb. 1572. D over sideways D in DEI, no serifs to B
2c. B. CG1851-VA-2c-B. 1572. Roman 1 in Date
2d. B. CG1851-VA-2d-B. 1572. Narrow date
2e. Bb. CG1851-VA-2e-Bb. 1572. Die Fault 18:51

canadaeh

thanks. I don't collect british so itll go on the buy sell forum. prob ebay. as well