The 1914 pennies

> Mintage
> Designation | P14L-1B
> Obverse | London
> Reverse | Birmingham
> Mint | London
> Mint mark | None
> Mintge | 720,000

Two varieties of the 1914 penny were characterised by John Dean. Both were struck with the London obverse and Birmingham reverse and they differ in the orientation of the 4 in the date. The type with the 4 leaning left is quite scarce.

Reverses
| P14L.1B.1 The 4 in the date is fairly upright.
| P14L.1B.2 The 4 in the date leans noticeably to the left.

Enlargements of the date
| The dates on the specimens shown above are shown here at 3x magnification and the difference between them can be seen quite clearly. Note that the 4 in the first example is aligned almost directly with a rim denticle wheres in the second example the 4 is aligned with a gap. Also, the first 4 is closer to the 1 than the second 4 (1.1mm vs 1.2mm)

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