Posted 10/15/2023 06:11 am
Just been looking in Google Images at the much larger planchet module of 1953 proof New Zealand Half Crowns.
These coins also exhibited No Shoulder Strap (NSS).
Mary Gillick (the designer) actually did show the shoulder strap on these coins, but only very faintly.
As the circulation coins of 1953 began to wear, the very faint image of the shoulder strap faded, such that good young H. M. the Q. could have assumed to be seen been mistakenly with bare shoulders, suggesting nudity.
That could not do.
Mary Gillick was asked by The Royal Mint to prepare a new master die, that showed the shoulder strap much more clearly.
It is worthy to note that on high grade specimens of the 1953 New Zealand Half Crown, that the edge of the lightweight blouse the H.M. the Q. wears, can still be seen on Her neck, and on the bodice area of Her chest.
Comparison with the new dies, which for the New Zealand Half Crown, happens to be in 1961, shows the shoulder strap much more deeply cut into the die, as well as more strongly pronounced edges of the blouse, both on Her neck, and the bodice area.
It seems that the RCM did their own modifications for a new generic master die, (at the request of The Royal Mint?), due the to fact that the vertical folds in the blouse on Her back are are more pronounced, than on the New Zealand examples.
These coins also exhibited No Shoulder Strap (NSS).
Mary Gillick (the designer) actually did show the shoulder strap on these coins, but only very faintly.
As the circulation coins of 1953 began to wear, the very faint image of the shoulder strap faded, such that good young H. M. the Q. could have assumed to be seen been mistakenly with bare shoulders, suggesting nudity.
That could not do.
Mary Gillick was asked by The Royal Mint to prepare a new master die, that showed the shoulder strap much more clearly.
It is worthy to note that on high grade specimens of the 1953 New Zealand Half Crown, that the edge of the lightweight blouse the H.M. the Q. wears, can still be seen on Her neck, and on the bodice area of Her chest.
Comparison with the new dies, which for the New Zealand Half Crown, happens to be in 1961, shows the shoulder strap much more deeply cut into the die, as well as more strongly pronounced edges of the blouse, both on Her neck, and the bodice area.
It seems that the RCM did their own modifications for a new generic master die, (at the request of The Royal Mint?), due the to fact that the vertical folds in the blouse on Her back are are more pronounced, than on the New Zealand examples.
Edited by sel_69l
10/15/2023 06:30 am
10/15/2023 06:30 am
