The 1915 florins

Designation | F15L.2A | F15H.2A
Mint | Royal Mint, London | Heaton & Sons, Birmingham
Mint mark | None | H under date
Mintage | 500,000 | 750,000

The 1915 florin occurs in three documented varieties.

Part of the job of minting the 1915 florins was given to Heaton & Sons of Birmingham and coins from the Heaton mint display an H on the reverse below the date. The Heaton mint produced 60% of the 1915 issue.

The other variations reported concern the positioning and alignment of the date numerals of the London issue. I have not determined whether similar variations occur in the coins struck at the Heaton mint but all five specimens that I have examined have been identical.

Reverse of 1915 florin
| F15L.2A.1 Second 1 of date slopes to the left and is aligned over the gap between two rim beads.
| F15L.2A.2 Second 1 of date is upright and is aligned directly over a rim bead.
| Mint mark H below date. Date alignment similar to F15L.2A.2.

Enlargements of the date (London mint florins)
| Left-sloping second 1 aligned over the gap between two rim beads.
| Upright second 1 aligned directly over a rim bead.

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