Yes. 1633. The year of the trial of Galileo.
...and the second surprise is... it's not really worth much! (I just looked it up) Amazing.
Wow. that looks like it. So maybe really 1633.
I should note, this wasn't a coin auction. Just regular stuff-- this was mixed in with some coins from the 50's and some tokens, in a small box.
I just started to go through some old foreign coins I won recently at auction, found this one. Any help identifying it? (sorry[ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Lordy, Spark, I have enough trouble taking a pic holding a coin in my fingers. Or on a flat surface. But I will try. Maybe. Tomorrow.
Thanks for that, @Lueds -- and as far as I can tell, with the use of the printed-out degree-circumference thingie, @expat is our winner. 35 degrees.
Thank you!! That looks right.
But I can't find anything on any of that....
My bad-- Marco 1268 2 Fatus is what's written
[IMG][IMG]It's for sale at an auction near me. I tried to research it but no luck. Thanks for any help.
Lincoln Cent Resource says mint tolerance is 8 degrees or less... not trying to pick a fight but I do think it's more than that... ;) (if I WAS...
So I finally found, in the wild, a rotated die! It's a non-discernable date, but still cool, I think. I don't know how to estimate the rotation......
Don't forget to post pics when you get it-- I for one am psyched about the chance that it's a DDO.
In the second pic of the original post, I see a split serif on the R -- in trying to learn about doubling, a split serif seems to be a sign of a...
But yes, as far as I can tell, that's exactly what he did.
Does it matter that the crack on this nickel is not in exactly the same place through the "S" as the one in the example? The one in the example is...
My bad, I see you said that in the first post. I hope you've gotten the correct answer-- they look interesting to me.
@RabbiSchmooley, are these points raised on both sides? It's hard to see...
Now THAT'S ugly! ;)
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