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	#3 & 21 - 3.5mm, one thick raised line in St.George cross.
	#4, 10, 11 & 22 - 3.5mm, one raised line in the horizontal stripe of the St.George cross. St. Andrews cross, has a weaker raised line from the upper left to lower right (see enlargement below).
	#5 & 9 - 3mm, one thick raised line in St.George cross, in the bottom vertical section it is close to the right side of stripe. St.Andrews cross, one raised line in upper left section of stripe.
	#12 - under 3mm, crosses appear to be plain, high grade example is needed to verify.
	#13 - 3mm. high grade example is needed.
	#14 - 3.5mm, plain crosses, right hand side of St.George cross vertical stripe extends to ground.
	#15 - under 3mm, pellet in centre of crosses (maybe a centre punch mark or a die flaw), St.George cross has continuous vertical sides of the stripe through the centre.
	#16 - under 3.5mm, lower left section being re-cut (see enlargement below). Upper line on horizontal stripe of St.George cross is continuous through the centre.
	#17 - 4mm. St.George cross has wider stripes with 2 raised lines in the vertical stripe and none in the horizontal stripe. Small raised lines of different directions adorn the background.
	#18 - 3.5mm, The shield is made up of wider/thicker lines with plain crosses.
	#19 - 3.5mm, similar to #18, but the lines are not as wide.
	#20 - under 3.5mm, Plain crosses, with possible traces of a raised line in the St.Andrews cross.

 

The raised lines within the crosses appear to be the result of poor engraving

The shield showing part of the underlying re-cut shield on the left. Arrows are pointing to extensions of the St.Andrews cross.

 

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