Posted 03/09/2021 7:06 pm
Nobody* would make a fake one of these - there simply isn't the collector demand. If I had to guess at an explanation for the differences, I would say it's a re-engraved die for when a second batch of medals was ordered; if the original dies wore out after striking the first batch of medals, rather than make brand new dies, the old dies would have been polished down, then details re-engraved to be similar, but not the same as, the original strikes.
* - while you should never categorically say "nobody would fake this" about anything, I'd say the probability of this being fake, as opposed to "just a die variety", would be extremely low.
* - while you should never categorically say "nobody would fake this" about anything, I'd say the probability of this being fake, as opposed to "just a die variety", would be extremely low.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
