A step closer. This is very close to the style of hte coin I'm trying to match and bridges a design gap between my coin and one I traded for. I accidently let one go for £8 earlier and that was in mint condition, so I made sure to win this one. Probably the closest to a die match ill get.

Also, theres a discussion in Roll Hunting about making a phone camera into a macro camera using a lens from a laser pointer. ~I couldnt find one of those lenses so I had to use bigger ones from a laser tag gun. But heres the results, using an IPhone camera - distorted at the edges because the lens is too big:
The coin I wish to match:


The coin this coin bridges:

And to show it off, a lion on a Jersey 1/12s (why they called it that and not 1d I dont know):
