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This one I think is just die fill or die wear - also visible on the F of FD. It's the sort of thing that leads in time to die repair and the occasional doubling of letters that was discussed in another post, but it is always possible that here the E has already been repaired with an L, but just can't tell from this photo whether it is just the top bar of the E that has gone or if strengthening has already been done with an L. In the Gouby book for pennies, look at the entries for 1860 and 1861 in particular and you'll see all sorts of repairs and part-letter repairs; the same thing happened with halfpennies, especially in these early years.

Once again many thanks for everyone's help I bought a collection of mixed bronze Farthings and Halfpennies, including one halfpenny for 1860, two for 1861 and several 1862's, these were the cast offs the auctioneer lumped together On looking at Secret Santa's Halfpenny Site I found an 1862 Halfpenny F over B in Britt. I started at 1861 and found what I think is the same thing On checking the 1860 I found it was a 1+A, but remembered I had two in better condition so on whim I had another look at them and on closer inspection. I wondered (just based on Britannia's hair) if one of them might be 1+A and the other a 1+A# Best Regards

Does any one have a copy of British Copper Tokens. 1811-1820 by Paul Withers and is willing to send me a copy of pages 239-244? I will deeply appreciate any assistance in this matter