Unlisted Variety

[dave-lowe]

Here is another recent find - a William III Crown of 1696 with the Third bust, with no stops on the Reverse. Not listed in SPINK.

[Rob]

Could do with a bigger picture to confirm whether it is weak stops or not. I wouldn't get too fixated on whether the variety is in Spink or not as there is only a limited amount of space to play with. It is listed in Coincraft (W3CR-080). No one reference will ever have all the varieties listed, because as soon as one publishes such a list, someone will come along with another variety that isn't listed. Think in terms of Blackadder 3 and Dr Johnson

[dave-lowe]

This picture should be better. I have looked very carefully at this under a glass, and can't find a trace of any stops.

[Rob]

It looks reasonably stop free. There might be a trace of a blocked stop between ET & HIB. We shouldn't be surprised about a reverse with no stops as most denominations have at least one die without stops recorded, and even when noted for an issue you may well find it is only given for one year - that is until an example turns up dated for the preceding or subsequent year. Coincraft only prices it marginally higher than the regular reverse, so I suspect it wouldn't generate too much interest unless in an unambiguous higher grade.