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Sixpences 1874 - Die Numbers 2 Different obverse dies were used in 1874 and 2 different 4 style fonts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SX 1874 A: Obv. 3 + date Type 1 Obverse 3: The D of DEI points to a gap between two teeth, as does the E. The I point just to the right of a tooth. The R of REG points to a gap between two teeth & the E to a tooth. (See pictures of the 1874 obverse dies). Date: Type 1 uses the T-bar or 'crosslet' 4 in the date.
SX 1874 A - Known & seen Die numbers - in black. Die numbers in red - as yet unseen or found Dies 1 to 9, 11 to 26 are with obverse 3. However, Die no. 10 & 23 are seen with obverse 4. As I don't have all of the intervening die numbers I cannot confirm if obverse 4 was used with any of the intervening die numbers between 1 to 26 or later ! Obverse 3 Appears to have been used from die no. 1 to die no. 26 but not exclusively. That is unless anyone can advise differently. SX 1874 A
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SX 1874 B: Obv. 4 + date Type 1 Obverse 4: The D of DEI points to a tooth, as does the E. The I points to the left of a tooth. The R of REG points to a tooth & the E to a gap between two teeth. (See pictures of the 1874 obverse dies) Date: Type 1 uses the T-bar or 'crosslet' 4 in the date. From 10, 23 & 27 to 44 At present I am not sure what style of 4 is used for dies no. 46; 47 & 48 as I don't have example of those dies.
SX 1874 B - Known & seen Die numbers - in black. Die numbers in red - as yet unseen or found. Die numbers in blue - seen but unconfirmed if "crosslet" or plain tail 4 Dies 10 & 23 are early examples with obverse 4. As I don't have all of the intervening die numbers I cannot confirm if obverse 4 was used with any of the other intervening die numbers between 1 to 26 or later ! SX 1874 B
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SX 1874 C: Obv. 4 + date Type 2 Obverse 4: The D of DEI points to a tooth, as does the E. The I points to the left of a tooth. The R of REG points to a tooth & the E to a gap between two teeth. (See pictures of the 1874 obverse dies) Date: Type 2 uses the plain end-tail 4 from Die no. 49 to 52. Possibly from 46 to 48 and 53 to 60. I have only been able to obtain 2 plain tail 4s in the last 5 years (before that I did not record the type of 4 that was on the 1874 6d that passes through my hands). Most of the 1874 6d that I see on auction or dealer lists or on Ebay appear to be T-bar tail 4s with dies 1 to 42. This makes Plain tail 4s very scarce - in my opinion !
SX 1874 C - Known & seen Die numbers - in black. Die numbers in red - as yet unseen or found Die numbers in blue - seen but unconfirmed if "crosslet" or plain tail 4
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