Michael-Roo Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Not an 'acquisition of the week' but certainly recent. No stops obverse and the second reverse die showing a wider date spacing. An example sold by LCA in December last year http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=151&searchlot=2310&searchtype=2 was described as 'possibly close to, if not the finest known example of the type'. This new one I've found is better. 2 Quote
Michael-Roo Posted September 10, 2016 Author Posted September 10, 2016 Here's the obverse again, taken this time under a desk lamp. Quote
Michael-Roo Posted September 10, 2016 Author Posted September 10, 2016 Always good to hear there are other fans of the early milled copper varieties out there! This is the best I've seen, and certainly much better than my reverse die A example. Quote
Michael-Roo Posted September 11, 2016 Author Posted September 11, 2016 Indeed Peter, a very lucky find. Colin Cooke himself stated, in all his years of collecting, the best he saw was a good fine. The example he kept for himself (reverse A) he only graded as fine, and even this might be judged a little optimistic these days. Here is my reverse A (narrower date) coin, and then the two reverses side by side for comparision. I know you are a farthing collector too, do you have a 1673 no stops you could put up for viewing? Quote
Michael-Roo Posted September 11, 2016 Author Posted September 11, 2016 1673 farthing, no obverse stops, reverses A & B. Quote
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