Posted 06/20/2022 12:24 pm
Doesn't look cleaned to me.
Heavy die cracks and Die Deterioration, possibly rusted dies?
I see the mark under the left side upper of the 3, but not below the right upper loop of the 3, and all 1853/2 the 8 is also strongly repunched to the north, and there is usually heavy recutting/repunching on the C in VICTORIA and the T, I, and A in GRATIA.
Lovely example in my opinion.
Heavy die cracks and Die Deterioration, possibly rusted dies?
I see the mark under the left side upper of the 3, but not below the right upper loop of the 3, and all 1853/2 the 8 is also strongly repunched to the north, and there is usually heavy recutting/repunching on the C in VICTORIA and the T, I, and A in GRATIA.
Lovely example in my opinion.
Longhorn Coins & Exonumia
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890
"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890
"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis
