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<p>[QUOTE="robp, post: 4977498, member: 96746"]It might be a bit of both as I can't recall seeing anything really close to a full B. There are examples with more or less of the loop missing as the right hand side of the gap extends on later pieces to produce a tail closer to an R which doesn't curve back. So could be a broken B with the gap exacerbated by die fill over time. I had taken it to be fill due to the variable nature of the gap and the fact the bottom bar of the B is narrower than the top, but can see how both could apply. On the coin I posted earlier, there is a trace of a line at the missing section which could apply to either situation.</p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, this is a full B on an 1817 shilling. As you can see, it's marginally narrower at the bottom, and what is not clear from the image, is in slightly lower relief too which would support die fill.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196007[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robp, post: 4977498, member: 96746"]It might be a bit of both as I can't recall seeing anything really close to a full B. There are examples with more or less of the loop missing as the right hand side of the gap extends on later pieces to produce a tail closer to an R which doesn't curve back. So could be a broken B with the gap exacerbated by die fill over time. I had taken it to be fill due to the variable nature of the gap and the fact the bottom bar of the B is narrower than the top, but can see how both could apply. On the coin I posted earlier, there is a trace of a line at the missing section which could apply to either situation. FWIW, this is a full B on an 1817 shilling. As you can see, it's marginally narrower at the bottom, and what is not clear from the image, is in slightly lower relief too which would support die fill. [ATTACH=full]1196007[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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