Thoughts on this 1 in date please

[azda 979]

Is it Roman I for 1?

[Peckris 579]

Is it Roman I for 1?

I had to take a screenshot then reduce it in size to see it clearly

It's a weird one (pun intended). It seems like neither a Roman nor Arabic 1, in fact it looks quite a lot like a capital L. It doesn't look as though it was cut deliberately as a Roman 1. But it will be interesting to hear others' thoughts.

[Peter 615]

Looks like a Roman 1 maybe a wearing die.

[Coinery 1,157]

Something not quite right about it for me! Is this something we're going to get a decent image of?

[azda 979]

Something not quite right about it for me! Is this something we're going to get a decent image of?

Possibly Stuart, contemplating at the moment as i'm not a fan of Gold or Gold prices but would make an interesting purchase for the bay if it were a Roman digit, it certainly does'nt appear to be an Arabic 1, the bottom serif certainly looks longer than the top serif and as Peck says almost looks like an L, but the top serif is definately elongated to the right making it look like a Roman I

[RLC35 288]

It is not a clear pic, but it looks like a 1, with another 1 to the right of it. There are some of those 1 next to 1's in the 1861 Pennies.