1844 UK Half Farthing die variety--E/N

I found this beautiful coin at a dealer the other day. I saw something in the lettering under the loupe, but I didn't make the connection with the E/N variety listed in Krause until I got home. But clearly under magnification, the E in REGINA is punched over an N.



detail of E/N:

 

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Beautiful

Wow! Beautiful coin , clean original , well struck , and the die variety . A nice coin , Spock would be proud .:hatch::hammer::hail:
rzage

 

Thanks, and would you believe...it was unattributed and all of $5?

 

YOU GOT THAT FOR $5 ?????????
I bought mine last year for £100, and it was not much better than that.

 

That makes it even nicer , great catch .
rzage

 

A lovely coin and a great buy, very well done :bow:

 

Hey Kurt!
Very nice coin indeed! I have the same date without the E/N but it's an interesting example of a "false overstrike". You mentioned that only under magnification this becomes clear. The one I have looks like the variety to the naked eye, but under magnification it becomes clear that it's only a faded portion of the E and some warping from (I guess) something pressing on that spot.
Thanks for the large pictorial example.