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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robp, post: 24490973, member: 96746&quot;]Soho patterns fall into 3 groups as defined by Peck in his 1958 tome &quot;English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum 1558-1958. </p><p><br /></p><p>Early Soho means struck at the time the dies were made e.g this DH4 1788 copper halfpenny Peck 945.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1551385[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Late Soho means the coins were struck at Soho, but at a later date. Boulton liked to present visitors with examples, and this presumably explains the existence of large numbers of certain die pairs such as the DH11 pattern halfpenny. This brown gilt Peck 966 is common, and clearly struck over a good many years.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1551386[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The third category, which the aluminium coin above falls into are the Taylor restrikes. The Birmingham medallist and engraver W J Taylor (1802-1885) acquired a tub of Soho dies when the contents of the mint were sold at auction following its closure in 1848. He cleaned up the dies and produced a large number of restrikes from multiple die pairings starting in 1862 until his death in 1885. Here is an example struck from dies as procured prior to any rust removal or remedial work undertaken - Peck 1161.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1551387[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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