Not sure if I'm hallucinating, but are the matching shapes I highlighted here raised from the surface of the coin, or are they just stains? Either way, I'm not qualified to say what they are or how they might have gotten there, except to note that they're not like anything I've observed on otherwise evenly worn George V coppers.
What really caught my eye was the way the "foot" of the lower T-shape or cruciform jumps uninterruptedly off the King's cheek and over to the side of his nose, almost like an applique.
Pareidolia? 
"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough."
--- Mario Andretti
Edited by daltonista
07/04/2025 1:03 pm