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<p>[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 2534180, member: 40017"]The bust fits best with the 1806/1807 issues. It is fairly close to the 1799 issue, but that does not have a straight line under Britannia to define the exergue, so we can discount that.</p><p>Whereas the 1770s issues were much faked, far fewer were done of copper coins in the early 19th century. For the 1806/7 issue the date is under the bust, not under Britannia so anything you think you can read there is irrelevant anyway.</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 2534180, member: 40017"]The bust fits best with the 1806/1807 issues. It is fairly close to the 1799 issue, but that does not have a straight line under Britannia to define the exergue, so we can discount that. Whereas the 1770s issues were much faked, far fewer were done of copper coins in the early 19th century. For the 1806/7 issue the date is under the bust, not under Britannia so anything you think you can read there is irrelevant anyway. :happy:[/QUOTE]
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