one of my favourite modern coins.
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one of my favourite modern coins.
I really like the rev on this one.
QUOTE(Art @ Apr 4 2006, 02:35 AM)
I really like the rev on this one.
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It is an interesting coin. The flags and the cameos are incused, as if they had been counterstamped. It's like seeing a modern day George III counterstamped pillar dollar (head of a fool on the neck of an ass type)
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That's a beauty for sure!
I'm struck by the quality of the bust of QE on the obverse. Too often, her portraits seem flat and unattractive (imho). Either good photography or a quality strike (or both) make this a nice coin.
QUOTE(bill @ Apr 4 2006, 07:21 PM)
I'm struck by the quality of the bust of QE on the obverse. Too often, her portraits seem flat and unattractive (imho). Either good photography or a quality strike (or both) make this a nice coin.
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I could say that it is because it is one of my better executed scans of a nicely struck coin, but honesty winning out I think that it is due to the matt finish on the coin.
It does make the difference.
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