Cypher Halfpenny...?re-Used Die?

[Coinery 1,157]

Here's the cypher HP I picked-up recently! Looking at the 'chains' and portcullis arches on both edges of the obverse, they appear ghosted, for want of a better word, down both sides of the coin. It just doesn't have that look of double-strike to me?

Also, the upper-left corner of the PC and arch have the look of a re-cut Vicki penny, and the middle of the cypher definitely has some involvement.

I'd never heard of re-using die stock in this way until Rob mentioned it a while back, but I reckon this might be an example?

Any thoughts?

Edit: in fact I've only just noticed this, but if you imagine the involvement in the centre of the cypher to be an anchor loop, I can now see the shadow of the anchor in the right field to the right of the cypher (0). Anyone else see this?

Needless to say, I'm thrilled with this one!

Edited January 22, 2014 by Coinery

[Rob 3,152]

Good. That helps show I'm not just stupid. It stands to reason, but tying it down to a previous die is a bit hard.