Is this a mule 1860 Penny?

[DarkSithLord 1]

Good morning all.

Can someone confirm if this is a mule 1860 Penny with tooth obverse and a beaded reverse?

 

Many thanks in advance

 

 

[secret santa 2,384]

No, it is obverse 4 with LC WYON below the bust and obverse 4 coins tend to have quite a narrow rim with short teeth that can appear rounded like beads but true beaded obverses have the circular beads well clear of the rim.

Take a look at:

https://rarestpennies.wordpress.com/1860-f8-mule/

 

Edited February 19, 2023 by secret santa
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[Martinminerva 355]

Agreed - it is a quite nice (but certainly not uncirculated!! More like GVF to me - and there's a scratch) but very common 4+D. Bad luck!

Edited February 19, 2023 by Martinminerva
Added grading.

[Michael-Roo 783]

Is this the 1860 mule you were grading Uncirculated?

[1949threepence 3,368]

If you're inexperienced it can sometimes be difficult to tell the difference. But as Richard says, with a true beaded border, the beads are fully separate from the rim, all the way round the 360 degrees.

With some, due to minting issues, some of the teeth are away from the border, and do appear as separate discrete "beads", but they aren't beads they are teeth. 

[secret santa 2,384]

 

[Peckris 2 2,194]

No.