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  1. Peckris 2
    My thought is that ?most? of them were caused by excessive rubbing by over-enthusiastic owners. Grade wasn't a major issue back then anyway. The one you illustrate may have been carried around in ignorance in someone's wallet or pocket. Perhaps there was the odd shopkeeper who would take one? Though considering the total mintage was a few thousand most people wouldn't have seen one.
  2. Peckris 2
    Think of a number...
  3. Peckris 2
    Beautiful token.
  4. Peckris 2
    not Yet..
  5. Peckris 2
    I'd see no reason to strike proofs - the 1927 was a proof and popular, which was why they struck 1928-36 as limited edition specimens for collectors in lower numbers by far than the 27 proofs. In other words, they'd done the proof already and in a quantity that nearly amounted to the total subsequent issue of wreaths. There were no currency wreath crowns.
  6. Peckris 2
    Not a hard bid?
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    It's like the TARDIS in reverse.
  8. Peckris 2
    Nice work, Chris
  9. Peckris 2
    It does appear from the big difference in colour (picture 3) that it's been struck on the wrong planchet. I would say it's a curio worth keeping, but there are collectors for such things. A letter from the Mint confirming it's a genuine 20p but struck on the wrong blank, would help a lot if you decided to risk it on eBay.
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    Register as a member and we'll say "hello"
  11. Peckris 2
    At least they have a sensayuma!
  12. Peckris 2
    It's 1911 !!
  13. Peckris 2
    Good luck - it appears to be the "squashed-in-a-vice school of bad photography"
  14. Peckris 2
    Really? It looks ok to me.
  15. Peckris 2
    Probably - no, certainly - why trade tokens were struck so widely.
  16. Peckris 2
    One of the reasons for those fakes & evasions was the drastic shortage of small change - it wasn't all about making a fast buck. (Though I'm sure some of it was).
  17. Peckris 2
    The best part is the "3 available" !!!
  18. Peckris 2
    Agreed - the portrait looks too big and Britannia too small for a genuine one.
  19. Peckris 2
    I learned the hard way! and haven't kept any definite examples. I don't know if this coin from Google Images HAS been dipped, but often a coin that has been dipped too much will look rather like this: ... and yes, I'm talking about silver. Dip won't work on any other metal (it's why it's called "silver dip"!)
  20. Peckris 2
    You can tell from the way the date sits in the top 2/3 of the exergue - in other words there is the space below where the H sat.
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    Re-use of the die by repunching the worst affected letters / numbers?
  23. Peckris 2
    Interesting - note that the GRA is doubled to the left, whereas the TIA is doubled below. Could a double strike cause that? And what about the portrait - is there any sign of doubling there?
  24. Peckris 2
    K ?
  25. Peckris 2
    Not double struck - I would say the whole date has been repunched. We do know from the sheer number of 1858 varieties that dies were used and re-used, most likely to save costs ahead of a planned conversion to bronze in 1859 (postponed for a year and a half). I have that 'doubled' date but not 1 over 1. The absence of doubling anywhere else I think proves that it was a recut date purely to prolong die use.
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