Posted 10/25/2012 6:47 pm
Christian,
Thank you for the reply. I bought the coin on ebay and the
seller stated that the coin was minted at the " Royal Mint --
London," a suspect statement since the sparse information that I could find stated as you that Czech coins of that era
were minted in Kremnica.
As for the 'dots' one is directly over the circular part of
'p' in "Spaniel" and the other is just to the left of the
'S.' They were clearly added AFTER the coin was minted
because they are nicely cut into the metal. I would describe
the 'dots' as circles with a smaller 'dot' inside of them.
Very small, I saw nothing of them until I examined the coin
with a 10x loupe. I will take your suggestion and examine
other "signatures" of Otakar Spaniel.
Thanks again for your help.
Mike
Thank you for the reply. I bought the coin on ebay and the
seller stated that the coin was minted at the " Royal Mint --
London," a suspect statement since the sparse information that I could find stated as you that Czech coins of that era
were minted in Kremnica.
As for the 'dots' one is directly over the circular part of
'p' in "Spaniel" and the other is just to the left of the
'S.' They were clearly added AFTER the coin was minted
because they are nicely cut into the metal. I would describe
the 'dots' as circles with a smaller 'dot' inside of them.
Very small, I saw nothing of them until I examined the coin
with a 10x loupe. I will take your suggestion and examine
other "signatures" of Otakar Spaniel.
Thanks again for your help.
Mike
