To me it looks like the real deal but it does look slightly "different".
With a wavy in one hand and a magnifier in the other (and typing this with 2 fingers of the spare hands) I think it has had some post mint damage -the thick part of the base of the 2 (near the upstroke) looks a bit ground down and the thinning of the upstroke of the two adjacent seems too much. Could be wear and tear damage or the result of someone trying to make a normal 2 into a wavy -it happens when coins have high value; that's why I will not buy a Melbourne florin on
ebay even though I really want one).
Best, as everyone says to get it viewed by someone familiar with them.
Tell us where you are Concerned and maybe a forum member who already has one might be nearby. I strongly subscribe to the theory that the best way to identify a variety coin is to see another one first and compare each (plus a normal coin too).
Still, I say it is probably one and an excellent find. Wow, two reported within a week!
Jeff
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Posted 10/19/2011 05:49 am
