Posted 08/20/2009 04:57 am
G'day, I think the mintmark is "S", but it's nearly always difficult to be sure in a photo'.
I can see a few "bag-marks", which are acceptable in sovs of this era: obv in front of ear, and the veil SE of the ear; rev about 1 o'clock.
Usually, the first area of a sov to show wear is the greave, which is difficult to inspect closely in this pic. Everything else seems beautiful, and maybe the greave is too.
I'll be braver than Sap: subject to a close look at the greave, I'll say "Unc". But it can't be any higher, because of the bagmarks.
Sovs really are coins of great beauty: I doubt that I'll ever tire of looking at them.
Peter in Darwin
I can see a few "bag-marks", which are acceptable in sovs of this era: obv in front of ear, and the veil SE of the ear; rev about 1 o'clock.
Usually, the first area of a sov to show wear is the greave, which is difficult to inspect closely in this pic. Everything else seems beautiful, and maybe the greave is too.
I'll be braver than Sap: subject to a close look at the greave, I'll say "Unc". But it can't be any higher, because of the bagmarks.
Sovs really are coins of great beauty: I doubt that I'll ever tire of looking at them.
Peter in Darwin
