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  1. terrysoldpennies
    8 years of looking , I've have one , seen one other fully formed, and Richards ,not quite two serifs Terry
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    I must confess , I don't know why they should be round or sometimes oval, but they seem to form mostly along the cracks that are in the legend, as can be seen on Richards coin, where a smaller dot on the left of the O must later enlarge to link into the side of the O. I don't know the exact way they are made , but maybe the bronze is soft and creates a bubble of metal in the form of a blob Terry
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    Ian .The die would a Mirror image of the face of the coin ,so a dot standing up off the coin would on the die be a hole, so to remove, it the hole would have to be filled. My guess is that tiny edge parts along the side of the die crack, broke away leaving a small hole, or in this case two holes.
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    I think they are the result of a tiny die crack Terry
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    Full coin
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    Sorry to all you non dot penny collectors . This Obverse double dot type is only found on the 1897 high tide penny
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    ''Flown''
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    the picture Terry
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    Mr T. Difficult to explain, so hence the diagram , Looking at normal bright uncirculated pennies of the 60s there is no sign of scratches at all , but on this one the minute scratches run down the right side of the coin , and some also run in a slightly different direction across the exergue. no scratches can be seen on the raised parts , like the lighthouse shield or waves, so it looks as though a engineer has used something like an abrasive paper just on the top left side of the die, I shall try to get a close up some time Terry Ps I am try to add the drawing , bare with me
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    Hi Richard. I wondered if I might ask you a few things.    The 2* 145, have you heard of any more being found other than the four I already know of.

    2  You list your 1967 missing waves as R8, how many of this type do you know of .

    3  I have a 1953 penny with the standard B+b [1+B  pairing, but I think it might be a matt finish, as it has a strange kind of sheen, most unlike the normal production coin.  I don't have another toned matt finish to judge it by, except a 1986 matt and polished 2p proof that's in a bright condition.  Have you heard of the possible existence of this type.         I think i might get it checked out at the mint in the summer while on holiday. Would you know who to contact about taking the coin along in person, as I don't trust the post with it     Terry

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      terrysoldpennies

      Sorry Richard . I meant the 1860 penny I found . Thanks for the info on the 1953, it doesn't sound very promising   Terry

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      secret santa

      Ah yes, 145 teeth - I was a bit slow there. No, still the same 4. I'm sure there are lots of us looking for them too !

      For some reason, I only get to see this conversation when I go to your personal profile and check postings - I get no notification. Do you know why ?

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      terrysoldpennies

      Richard . its probably me doing something wrong, I don't know what . but thank you    Terry

  12. terrysoldpennies
    Mr T . I was wondering about how it was caused . when you look extremely close with a magnifying glass, you can see the minute lines from the grinding of the flat surfaces running right through from the open flat area, into the bare area where the waves should [ I must get myself a close up camera] . I thought that if this was caused by grease or dirt , the complete individual wavy would disappear , and not leave just the points of what on the normal coin are much larger waves, so I would think it must be the result of the top of that part of the die being ground down lower , and so loosing definition Terry
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    Hi, only me . This type is listed by David Groom in his book , but I have only ever seen the 1967 coin so after buying this from Canada last week I thought you might like to see the picture Terry
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    You know Matt ,you have to keep this computer stuff simple for us oldies . I'm just getting the hang of the Babbage model Terry
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    Mr T . I see you've left out B+x . can't see why . X rev below Terry
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    Your 1904 is 11.5 tooth width with a straight 4. if you look in the forum under 1904 penny varieties 23-10-2013 I think its the second date down Terry
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    The 7 in the date, like the HT penny also lays over to the right , and is half a tooth narrower Terry
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    Sorry , but it looks to me like the 9 is the result of a die crack across the 9 into the exergue . you can see the blob of metal running down from above Terry
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    Hi . as far as I an aware there is no difference in the legend on the two types of 1902 , but the tide height difference is easy to determine . The 1863 open 3 is not always easy to see. Terry
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    Hi Azda Your right about the high tide 1897 . but the sure way to tell is by the P in PENNY . The P on the Common type points to the tooth ,on the High Tide it points to the gap between the teeth Terry
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    That's the kind of marks left after someone has clamped it in a vice Terry
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    It do's look like it is the same type in the first stage of breakdown, we'll have to keep looking for others at differing stages of deterioration Terry
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    P.s I would say the 1880 was the result of the Mint Re engraving the narrow date die rather than an error, though the filing of the old 8 digit must have started to come away. Curios that they re cut the die at all Terry
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    Hi. Matt . It's on the common Double exergue . I've Had this penny forever, and have never seen another , even like yours with the single error. Could you post the Pic. Terry
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    Hi. This 1940 penny has two obverse die letter faults, probably caused by part of the letters on the die breaking away. this perhaps could be the result of the Mint being less particular about the quality of the coins being produced , maybe due to the constraints of war. I'm not aware of any other penny with two such errors on one face. If you have one , I would love you to post it . Terry
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