I just picked this piece up this morning. I thought you folks might like to see The striations are perfectly normal for these pieces and I believe they were from the process involved in producing the planchets.
Umm, that is very interesting. I actually have never seen one, I thought it was a spoof till I found that they made the coin with two different reverses. Pretty cool.
That is a very nice coin, and historically significant. Your picture is excellent too BTW Dutchman. BUT, what I like the most about your coin is the patina. That is exactly the patina I look for on old copper, but very seldom find.
Beautiful piece LD. Is that a Breen 1188? The rev picture in the 2010 Red Book shows the same striations. Congrats.
Beautiful coin. Never saw a coin with striations before. Very interesting. Can't wait to read up on the history of that coin.
The berry under the F is what led me to that conclusion. I think it's a great candidate for NGC. Can't wait to see what they grade it as.
You should know by now that I like that obscure stuff that you only see in the front of the Redbook...
For some reason I've never really cared for this piece too much. I just see it as a fantasy piece probably manufactured for collectors. Many people see that 1783 date and think it's a colonial piece, but it was actually struck in Great Britain in the 1820's.
Neat piece! The obverse surface has a finely reticulated look that makes me wonder if it was lacquered for protection. I don't see it on the reverse.
That's what I think about when I hear the term woodie...that one even looks like the Obverse is wood...
When I took the pictures the coin had a layer of PVC on the obverse from how it was stored which I think is what you are seeing. I have since removed it with some acetone. It wasn't lacquer tho.
I wish I knew who the fool was that started folks to lacquer coins.but I guess the collectors at that time had little to work with
