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| The First 4 Reales Coin Struck In The New World
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tdziemia
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 Posted Today 1H 41M ago
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I would expect other elements of the design to be doubled.
As you say, the corresponding location reverse also shows some kind of shifting of the planchet on a second strike.
Like you, I have a hard time wrapping my head around why some details show the die rotation and others don't, but remember these were hammered, and there were lots of things that are non-uniform about that process (unlike milling, where the pressure is applied more uniformly). I have several hammered coins showing these types of effects.
I am with realeswatcher, that this is just a double strike with the coin rotating a bit. |
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| How Far Back Can We Go? Seventh Edition!
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tdziemia
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Posted Today 1H 49M ago
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Very nice. Same portrait as on the ducatons and half ducatons.
This 1639 patagon was probably struck in the same city. The mint mark is not visible, making it a bit uncertain, but some other features resemble examples with the Antwerp mint mark.
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| Tampering With TPG Slabs
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tdziemia
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Posted Today 2H 10M ago
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Let's see ...
Collectors pay a premium to acquire slabbed coins because of the extra peace of mind.
And then worry anyhow ...
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| How Far Back Can We Go? Seventh Edition!
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tdziemia
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Posted Yesterday 07:36 am
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| Monday was 1641, yesterday was 1640 (I think Numisrob's late entry caused a bit of confusion). So I think we could move to 1639 today, but agree we should wait in case anyone else has a 1640. |
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| What Else Do You Collect?
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tdziemia
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Posted 09/16/2023 7:46 pm
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Good question.
Our graveyard is well known, so Find a Grave already has many records. Here is their record on WIlliam Robe, whose photo I posted; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial...illiam-robe.
However, being crowd-sourced, and without a strong editing function, they also have a lot of mistakes.
They have no way to acknowledge who is the expert on a given cemetery, so I can't correct mistakes on ours (though I have tried).
This makes me reluctant to post new findings there.
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| What Else Do You Collect?
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tdziemia
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Posted 09/16/2023 07:47 am
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Not a "collection" in the normal sense, but my wife and I have taken on responsibility for preserving the historic cemetery behind our church, so I am beginning to feel these gravestones are a sort of temporary collection of which we are custodians unil the next brave soul comes along, probably long after I am gone.
This cemetery had active burials only from 1804- c.1875 so everything is very old for Ohio. From a design viewpoint, here is the most interesting one we have:. It was carved by someone (possibly not here) just 20 years after the first settlers arrived.
What we know about the people buried here tells us a lot about the hardships of early 19th c. frontier life in America. During the late 1820s, nearly 40% of the burials were infants. We know we have nearly a dozen moms buried here who died in childbirth, sometime leaving 6 of 7 young ones behind. One poor man died a slow death after having fallen on his pitchfork. Another gravestone tells of a man who worked as a doctor while slowly dying of consumption (TB).
I have never appreciated modern medicine more. |
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| Maria Theresia Thalers
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tdziemia
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Posted 09/14/2023 10:50 pm
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Nice coins.
I think a side-by-side comparison of the 1760 and 1780 busts would show quite a difference, too.
As for the kronenthaler ... nah ... we want our MTTs to have a bust of her majesty  |
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| What Are Your Earliest Memories/Experiences With Coins?
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tdziemia
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Posted 09/09/2023 3:09 pm
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I remember my dad coming home Fridays after work and grocery shopping, and emptying change from his pockets for me to go through. As this was the early 1960s, there were plenty of early Lincolns, Buffalo nickels (already with the dates worn smooth), Roosevelts and Mercs, Franklin and Walker halves, and the occasional SLQ mixed in with the Washington quarters.
I was also taken to a barbershop in town run by a kind old fella (certainly born in the 19th century) who sold old coins to young collectors from a display in his shop window: circulated V nickels, IHCs, Barber silver, Morgan and Peace Dollars. I still have a few in the 2 x 2s he sold them in (which is why I can comment on how long a coin will last in an old 2 x 2).
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