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Cherrypicked from the melt bin, thoughts? 1944 English Reverse shilling

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Trying to develop an eye for picking out nicer coins from the melt bin as I can usually have my pick of any 50% for only a bit over melt and found this 1944 English Reverse shilling

I'm trying to determine the strike quality on this one, is it normal for the bottom part of the crown to appear "mushy" like it is on my coin? Or is this a particularly weak strike for the grade (unfortunately being based in the US, I rarely am able to see good quality English coins in person)

 

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Yes, the bottom part  of the crown is usually (always?) mushy.

 

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Yes, quite average. I do like the English Lion and not the Scots one of this vintage shilling. Scots looking to be taking a dump or some such....

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16 hours ago, VickySilver said:

Yes, quite average. I do like the English Lion and not the Scots one of this vintage shilling. Scots looking to be taking a dump or some such....

I rather liked the Scottish Shilling until you said that! Now I need to tell myself that the lion is doing squat exercises. 

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Well, kind of.....LOL

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On 6/23/2020 at 5:23 AM, VickySilver said:

Yes, quite average. I do like the English Lion and not the Scots one of this vintage shilling. Scots looking to be taking a dump or some such....

You've heard of the lion rampant - well this is the cat rampant:-

 

 

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2 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

You've heard of the lion rampant - well this is the cat rampant:-

And the meew shall inherit the earth...

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I think that's a meer kat...:)

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4 minutes ago, blakeyboy said:

I think that's a meer kat...:)

Simples 😼

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