Glasgow Date Letter Curiosity

[dognose]

Hi,

A friend has posed me an interesting question regarding a Glasgow date letter. He has a set of six single struck King's pattern spoons, two by 'PA', which appear to be clearly identifiable as 1851, and four by 'WC', the date letter of which is causing confusion. The odd date letter is quite different from all those in published sources consulted so far.









PA - Glasgow - 1851






WC - Glasgow - ?

The views of members are keenly sought on this one!

Trev.

[silvermakersmarks]

I believe that this is the "V" of 1866. My reference images for Glasgow cover all the date letters for this cycle so I'm sure it's not one of the other letters. Here is my 1866 image:



As to why it differs from published sources is beyond me.

Phil

[dognose]

Hi Phil,

Thanks for that. It certainly is curious.

My only guess is that as the date letters for 1865 and 1866 were so very, very similar, perhaps they may have redesigned the date letter part of the way through the year and that two designs exist, but as said, just guessing.

Trev.