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1880 GB Farthing with broken date punch
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KurtS
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PostPosted: Sat May 24, 2008 11:12 pm Reply with quote
I came across this interesting Farthing today. It appears the die was prepared using a broken date punch (see arrow):

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JRocco
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:08 am Reply with quote
Lobster claw 8
Nice coin.
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KurtS
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:54 am Reply with quote
"Lobster claw 8"--is that the name of this variety?
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:50 pm Reply with quote
In the CBH series, there is a variety of the 1818 called the Lobster Claw variety where both 8's exhibit this open top giving the appearance of a pair of Lobster Claw's. Your coin looks very similar, so I would borrow the variety name.
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