Wide Date, Blunt, Tilted 5
1885 Newfoundland 50 Cents · Victoria
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The last of these known varieties has a Wide Date which can be easily recognized by the closeness of its 5 to the Ornamental Ring of Beads, and it also has the Widest Gap between the 8 and 5 of any of these variations. Finally, the Tail of its 5 appears to be somewhat Blunted like that of the second Narrow Date variety.
How rare is it?
In Barry's survey of 205 coins from 1885, 54 were this variety (26.3%). That projects to about 10,537 of the 40,000 struck.
From Barry's population report of February 2020 (see the full 1885 report). How the reports work.
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Cite this page
Borsellino, Barry M. “1885 Newfoundland 50 Cents, TYPE III: Wide Date, Blunt, Tilted "5".” Newfoundland Coin Varieties, https://www.nfldcurrency.ca/fifty-cents/1885/type-iii/.
Text and photographs © Barry M. Borsellino, shared under CC BY-NC 4.0.
