Goetzdude Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 K-79 Austrian 1 Krone Pattern (Probe), 1914, Struck silver, 22.8mm, 2.70g, Choice UNC, RRR This is the reverse only as I am having one helluva time getting a decent image of the obverse with the bust of Franz Joseph. I’ll keep trying but the fields are so reflective it’s causing me problems. I also have a bronze example of this piece. I am going to assume, based on other patterns Goetz did, that there would be a gold example that was made too. These are really tough to come by and I am just now imaging the piece even though I’ve owned it since 2004. It was one of those pieces that got put where it belonged and then I couldn’t find it because I thought it should be somewhere else. Note the text and date are hand engraved into the hub...I think the snake too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 That's one stunning piece. How do you determine what's been hand engraved onto the hub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Striking symbolism(pun intended) the snake is obviously Bosnian-Serb. Are those puncture wounds below the right breast? The tension in the pose is intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Nice piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goetzdude Posted May 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 That's one stunning piece. How do you determine what's been hand engraved onto the hub? Well, first of all, the two books about him state that he did a lot of hand engraving on his pattern piece hubs (so I cheated a little). But if you look closely at say, the "K" you can see the three cuts he made to form the letter...the two on the right first and the upright on the left last. Or the "E" where the three short segments on the right were done first and the upright last to tie all of it together. Another telling hint can be seen in all the alphanumerics but especially in the "9". I see evidence of what I call 'pulsing' which is the ever so slight variations in forward pressure applied to the graver. As you can see, they run perpendicular to the flow of the cut. Goetz would also engrave text into his positive plaster models before making the casting moulds, or, into his negative plaster models if he wanted the text to be raised. Of course the latter technique would also require him to engrave in a mirror image for it to come out right. It gives me a headache just thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Are those snake bite puncture wounds below his right breast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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