Looking for Mombasa 1 Pice

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Hi, dears
Im looking for not so  hard to find, - Mombasa  1 pice  with " small-medium"   lettering  KM1.2

Any help will finished by  nice swap.

thanks
David
How can we tell if it is small medium lettering?
Quote: eitan190How can we tell if it is small medium lettering?
"Large" lettering  type is  rare, - its a type with dots between  words and  letters without serifs.

All other 4 types  are "small", " medium" or combination of these two.

No problem to recognize
Step1: Look  at mintmark: Heaton  ( H) , or Calcutta ( CM)
Step 2.  Heaton  Mint is  only 1.3 and 1.4
1.4 is only type, which is rare, and inscription is like  IMPERIAL . BRITISH . EAST . AFRICA ( but dots are in the middle of letter distance)
1.3 is a type with " medium/medium"  so both  sides lettering are same

Step 3. Calcutta Mint
1.1   1.2  and 1.5
1.1 is easy if you already have " mediem/medium" .  Letters are really small.
1.5 is same with  Heaton1.3, but  with CM instead of "H"

So,  missed one is  1.2 :)    its also easy to recogniize if  you have  all others,, or at least on of them - 1.1 or 1.3 or 1.5  :)

but.. beter to   show coins  I think  

This one is   1.4 - " Large letters"


This one is " small/small", so CM  and KM 1.1


This is  " medium/medium", CM, so KM 1.5


This is "medium/medium" H, so KM 1.3


I hope  it will help You  to  find differences between these 5 types.

YOurs,
David
OMG, I opened a topic in a wrong    field !  Of course it must be in " swaps and trades" ! sorry for this. :(

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