Swedish, 1820, Skilling, Error Or Worn?

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Tomten Valued Member Sweden 159 Posts	Posted 01/03/2011 06:15 am Hello there! I was wondering if anyone could help me, trying to tell if this coin is a 1/4 skilling that has been worned, as it now looks as it is 1/1 skilling. It's really hard to tell if there has been a 4 there or not. As well with the "SKIL-LING", it looks as "SKII-LING". Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 01/03/2011 06:59 am Weak strike, rather than wear or error, I think. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
Tomten Valued Member Sweden 159 Posts	Posted 01/03/2011 07:32 am That might be it as well! I'm not sure if you can see some lines of a 4, or if it's just the trick of the mind.. wanting to see a 4.. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 01/03/2011 1:37 pm Yeah...it looked like strike to me too. Coins struck without a may often have weaker details because the coin metal flows away from the striking of the dies. It may also be due to an uneven copper planchet. I think it's a normal 1/4 Skilling. Report this Post to the Staff
Tomten Valued Member Sweden 159 Posts	Posted 01/03/2011 2:56 pm Yes it probably is. However I was very unsure. If you look at the L that doesn't like like a L.. at the bottom, I find it hard to believe that a whole L would have fit in. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 01/03/2011 4:14 pm I am unsure too, because a lot depends on the dies, the flan, and how the coin was struck. A lot of things can happen. I'm unfamiliar with the older striking processes. But, on modern coin presses, sometimes details are lost when dirt or oil accumulates in the recesses on a die. When the coin is struck, coin metal cannot flow into the dirty portions of the die, resulting in incomplete letters and other details. Report this Post to the Staff
Tomten Valued Member Sweden 159 Posts	Posted 01/03/2011 4:32 pm Aye, I've seen some examples. I do understand some of the error-versions now actually. Thanks to you guys. However I'm far from understanding the mint process in general even. :) Report this Post to the Staff
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