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Pillar of the Community
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Here's something I found in a shop today. After trial and error, I devised a way to accurately register the obverse and reverse for this photo. So what do you think...is it the "diving goose"? In any case, I only paid melt for it.  It's a PL coin that was briefly handled, toned and now I'd give it AU.  Edited by KurtS
05/30/2008 12:18 am
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Moderator
 United States
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is a diving good one that happens to have a rotated die? I think I have seen multiple varieties but not sure
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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From what I've seen, there's a diving goose, inverted goose (coin die axis), and multiple struck dollar. Charest lists the diving goose at $125 in AU50. I don't know if mine is "diving" or merely "on approach".  The rotation is about 16 degrees. |
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It might just be flying into a head wind, Kurt.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi Kurt, long time. This looks like the giving geese I saw years ago and Charest lists AU-50 @ 125$. But you know my position on this variety. https://goccf.com/t/27249Since you got it for melt this is a pretty good deal. Marc |
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United States
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Marc, it's not quite the 90 degree "crashing goose", but this is the most dramatic I've seen from looking at hundreds of PL sets.
And I agree--there could still be numerous versions of this coin. It sounds like there was an initial craze for the diving goose that's keep interest going for the last 40 years?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Kurt, A "diving goose" is far more dramatic than an "inclined Queen" or the boring "rotated die" nomenclature when describing this rather common occurrence. Speaking of rotation, here's one of the tilting ship...  Marc |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Marc, that one's taking on water--to the lifeboats! |
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United States
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The "Diving Goose" variety has a die rotation of about 45 degrees. This one though would just be a "Rotated Die" variety - about 4x more in value than a regular dollar.
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Thanks...I've compared this to the photo in Charest which seems rotated about 30 degrees. No complaints since I only paid for silver content. |
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Posted 05/30/2008 12:11 am
