Hello! I need some expert thoughts on this... So it's The only English half penny William and Mary / Maria made 1694 and with this one which I hope is real it has unbarred A's on one side and what looks like a slip twist then double strike or maybe one more? Am I right in this assumption? Thanks!
The unbarred A's aren't that unusual. I don't know if it was an accident or done deliberately due to a broken punch but using upside down V's for A's happened relatively frequently. It may have also been cause by illiterate workers punching in the letters. After all they didn't have to be able to read to just follow a pattern. If you can't read a V looks a lot like and A.
Ah yes anyway I'm more interested in double strike...I hope I'm correct on that and that is real... Is made some interesting alterations you may miss the first time you look at it .
Yes I didn't pay close enough attention the first time, it is double struck with a significant rotation between strikes. Yes you are correct and yes I would say that the coin is real. Shame someone holed it.
