| It's easy to see at a glance they are not even similar - just look at the denticles, or rather the lack of them on your coin as compared to the ebay coin.
Yes, the larger planchet of the eBay coin, and it's center strike, shows all the dentiles. On my smaller diameter coin, the offset strike on the obverse only shows the dentiles on the right side, and the center strike on the reverse shows almost no dentiles at all. That asside, what about the similarities I mentioned? All the letters on both sides fall equally, the bases of the crown on the pillars are the same, and the "Empire" crown shows open work alike. The letters of both coins "contact" the crown and shield identically, etc.
My coin weighs 26.5xx grams, and is 1.524 inches in diameter.
And yes, Frank Gilboy did die in '93. But his son, also Frank Gilboy and the one who wrote the book on these coins, is still very much alive.
I had understood that his book was written by his son Christopher... my mistake. I've never seen his book, and the $1,400+ asking price of the one on Amazon will pretty surely ensure that I never will. :>( Maybe they will reprint it for more than the 500 lucky few who have one.
Regards
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