Sorry edited my post to be clear
I believe the aes formatum is called 'palm tree'
Dealers and auction sites too.
Looks great. No idea, but you're right, it doesn't make sense to mess with the coin but not the photograph. I bought one recently where it looked...
Adjustment marks and a scratch...at least it's a good example for this discussion :playful:
Wouldn't that be a test cut rather than an adjustment mark? Adjustment marks were made at the mint to bring an overweight flan back into regulation
I believe the marks on the back of this William and Mary half crown are adjustment marks. You get them all the time on this sort of coin: [ATTACH]
George III tended to look like that, perhaps on purpose... [ATTACH]
It's also true that a coin can look much better in hand than even the best photo. Some really benefit from changing light, and the reflection...
On the contrary, I would say 'in hand' means 'how it actually looks when I have it in my possession'. No one photo can do this, but some will seem...
Possibly this (Shah Shuja, Kashmir, 1803-1806)?...
I don't think your photographs misrepresent the coins. (To me, the 'pretty' one is misrepresenting itself, in that it has an 'artificial' shine...
That is a long wait. A couple of months ago I had a coin from the US take 42 days to get to the UK. It was marked 'dispatched to the UK' fairly...
I think the problem is that the term 'in hand' only exists because you can't photograph a coin to make it look exactly as it does when you have it...
Yes when you think about all the events that have happened around it while the coin has been sat there in the ground...Saxon/Viking invasions,...
Yes Britain has an interesting and varied coinage. The phases are all very different - the Celts, Romans, Saxons, medieval hammered coins, modern...
Surely it's like the difference between going to the pyramids and seeing a photo of them. The photo will look better, with perfect blue sky, and...
I usually use the pre-cut Quadrum holders, and has been said, rounding the size down is better so it fits tightly (it may need a bit of a push)....
Wouldn't that be where the association comes from - Athena being the goddess of wisdom, and owls being associated with her as the goddess of darkness?
It's so hard to get one with a vaguely acceptable portrait, so you've done well. What I like about Elizabeth's coins are the strange...
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