Coinery Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Is the '99 tongue straight-edged, ie sloping fully upwards to the top lip? Or is it more pointed in profile? The shadow makes it hard to tell.Are we all bored now? Quote
Paulus Posted April 4, 2015 Author Posted April 4, 2015 Is the '99 tongue straight-edged, ie sloping fully upwards to the top lip? Or is it more pointed in profile? The shadow makes it hard to tell.Are we all bored now?lol, I will attempt to get better pics! Quote
Coinery Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 (edited) Is the '99 tongue straight-edged, ie sloping fully upwards to the top lip? Or is it more pointed in profile? The shadow makes it hard to tell.Are we all bored now? lol, I will attempt to get better pics!Can you confirm with a loupe? Edited April 4, 2015 by Coinery Quote
Coinery Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 I personally think you 'may' have stumbled on something there! Where you go from here is all about the time you want to put into it?What about trawling the CGS files, getting some serious-quality close-ups of the different types, and then maybe approach someone like Davies or, if you can convince Rob there's something going on, get him to help you through a BNS article perhaps?I'd happily take some super-macro close-ups if you can get any coins to me? Quote
Coinery Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 And, of course, there's Chris and his book! That could also be a good place to start, IF you can get some really decent close-ups to consider it properly? Quote
Prax Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 Had it been a bronze penny it would have become a new "type". Imagine someone calling the ONF penny a new type. When that can become a new type, I am sure so can this. Given the 3:1 split there are more of this type. Though not my forte still thanks for enlightening the community Paul. Quote
Prax Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 I agree with Stu looks like you have stumbled upon something!!!! Quote
shagreen Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 I have been studying these for a while and prefer to call them with and without teeth than open and closed mouths My survey of toothed vs toothless horses in the 1893 proof crown reveals10 with teeth18 without teethI strongly suspect a different matrix is involved as there are other subtle differences between the two types and yes the above confirms the toothless horse carried through other years 1 Quote
Fubar Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 This is my 1900.Inside the mouth looks rough as if filled with crud or the die is chipped.Maybe the mouth should be empty? Quote
VickySilver Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 And I have looked at all of my 1887-1902 crowns and seen seemingly not just "either-or" but somewhat of a spectrum; some appear to have an empty mouth and others various amounts of, uhh, content and others full set of dental. Quote
Coinery Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 Which does weigh in favour of damage, rather than design? Quote
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