Nicholas

Thanks Rob. A really interesting summary of the G3 types. I guess I fall into the not-so-focused collection. Most often I am drawn to English coins where history has broken the norm and has forced an issue to be unrefined/ crude hence my interest in Eng Civil War coinage as well... N

Rare because they are uncollected, or uncollected because they are rare?

Ok. So how often do the pillar type (not portrait ) come up?

At their last coin auction Spink informed me that their SpinkLive software is down and please go to The Salesroom .Unfortunately this software requires adobe Flash, so unable to run from iPhone or iPad. I'm waiting to hear of an update from Spink about their own SpinkLive once back up...

At their last coin auction Spink informed me that their SpinkLive software is down and please go to The Salesroom . This software requires unfortunately requires adobe, so unable to run from iPhone or iPad. I'm waiting to hear of an update from Spink about their own SpinkLive once back up...

Try this image just of the countermark: http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u567/2tearsinabucket1/78FDA9BA-3DD2-4207-A02E-49FA36F24FC6-809-00000082262FC867_zps8203cc5a.jpg

English Silver Coinage does not list the rarity of the pillar type George III countermarked Dollar like this one.

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u567/2tearsinabucket1/4378B669-2360-495A-84BF-06C0C99013D5-699-00000076AD3A8D7C_zpsd5caca80.jpg

Mexico, pillar type not portrait.

I'm going to get the guinea out of the vault and get it under my microscope.

Can't see any sign of filing or a partially filled die. http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u567/2tearsinabucket1/B2D78253-2EA3-4051-BC58-44B5C597D7A3-460-0000009368EA4DA1_zps6164c0e1.jpg

Sounds like there's no documentation on this variety. Thanks for the info to all. I've promised this coin to William McKay when I sell! Happy new year to all coin enthusiasts! Best, nick

Obverse http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u567/2tearsinabucket1/C420198D-A155-4F5C-87B1-07970FEAA177-426-00000054A3937720_zpse3def0b1.jpg

Reverse http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u567/2tearsinabucket1/2D6E92B8-CD4F-4B17-A47C-56C69659D6B5-426-00000054A4A6D29E_zpsfad1dce6.jpg

It's from the Termer collection. Not sure how to send a higher res image in this forum.

Picture, please.

Plus Baldwins (weak only lists catalogues), London coins (ok) Colin Cooke (average) off the top of my head.

I agree with the findings regarding spink and DNW archive searches. What frustrates me most about Spink is that the web site telling us all how good this site is not to mention the live auction function crashing a few months ago leaving us to use Salesroom. I've found the only way to really go deep into archives for free (600euro p.a. silly money for coinarchives pro) is going to each coin company sites and go thru it manually Goldberg (weak) Hetitage (good), Stacks ( weak only lists individual catalogues) noble ( good). Spink (weak, can't handle more than one key word ! !!) Rasmussen (average) CNG ( good) . MCSearch ( reasonable and has sorting on auction date or value)