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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robp, post: 24768836, member: 96746&quot;]Finally, a date where I can do something. Peck in his 1958 volume on British copper stated that how Taylor made the 1807 proof halfpenny die was uncertain, as it was clearly a restrike, with no Soho proof halfpennies known for that year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here we have an 1807 proof halfpenny in copper, with the bust from the broken jewel punch and the shape of the ear is correct for a proof, except that it clearly doesn&#039;t have proof fields on either side. It took me a couple years of ownership to realise that what I have here is probably Taylor&#039;s first attempt at a strike from a previously modified 1806 proof obverse die. </p><p><br /></p><p>The last figure of the date is clearly a 7 over 6 under magnification, with the filled 6 visible on and around the 7. The clue to this being the first example of an 1807 proof is the beaded border on the right side between III &amp; X, where the beads are only half the size of the remainder. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584448[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If you compare the beads with this bronzed example, you can see that the die has now been fully recut in the same area with all beads of equal size.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584449[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For the die which formed the basis of this obverse, all will be revealed in 1806[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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