Posted 03/21/2012 04:48 am
Excellent idea realeswatcher, this deserves its own topic.
I don't collect those (actually, I may get a nice chopped coin to have it though - I have to decide on a nice example) - but nevertheless it's very interesting to know :)
I was wondering, from what I understood those chop were - among other reasons - used to test the coin for proper silver (and detect plated coins, like shefield ones)
And guarantee it was correct.
I deduce that those ink chops were just the guarantee from the seller that the coin was fine ?
What I find strange is that on this coin, there is no regular mark (for silver test). As well as on the link provided above.
I don't collect those (actually, I may get a nice chopped coin to have it though - I have to decide on a nice example) - but nevertheless it's very interesting to know :)
I was wondering, from what I understood those chop were - among other reasons - used to test the coin for proper silver (and detect plated coins, like shefield ones)
And guarantee it was correct.
I deduce that those ink chops were just the guarantee from the seller that the coin was fine ?
What I find strange is that on this coin, there is no regular mark (for silver test). As well as on the link provided above.
