Perfectly Balanced, As All Things Should Be.

And yeah, the Melbourne Florin is genuine, I got it checked!

Can you throw up a Pic. of the 1934/35?,a bit hazy but the Pic. seems to show the riders left hand missing off the horse,a marker of the early fakes of this Coin before they improved.

Ag47 I have serious doubts about the authenticity of the 1938 crown.

The design feature of the very center of the of the reverse - the left side edge of the cross - is out of balance with the right hand side's edge and is very/too feint and almost not there at all.

The " trumpet " like upright feature on the very left edge of the crown's design should look exactly like what the right hand's side looks like. The left hand side's " trumpet " feature is missing except for the very top of the " trumpet ", and it's not level in height with the right hand " trumpet " like feature, as it should be.

I should know all the right terminology of the design sections after so many years, so I hope the above description can be relatively easy to follow. I don't think the 1938 crown is " kosher ".

The 1934/35 Melb Centenary is an oddity. The horse's legs appear to be clear and ok.

The rider's head and chest, the horse's head, neck and shoulder area are all flattened.

As I understand it, under normal circumstances of wear and tear of these coins, it's the rider's right foot which flattens, especially the toes and the lower part of the rider's right foot, almost disappearing. So why is it that this 1934/35 MF has the very unsual inconsistancy with how the rider's right leg, especially the lower leg area, isn't affected in any way like the flttened rider, and head part of the horse, with what can reasonably be expected from normal wear and tear ? The rider's leg and foot is almost equally amongst the highest points of the reverse.

Hmm, if in doubt.......I'll let this one pass through to the keeper.

Comparative ping tone test can often prove to be helpful.