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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stater23, post: 26307811, member: 173786&quot;]Hi everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, I’d like to share something a little unusual.</p><p>Not a deep technical analysis (not just yet), but more of a suggestion, a question, maybe even a small numismatic provocation.</p><p><br /></p><p>We’re talking about the gold florin.</p><p>One of the most iconic medieval coins, struck in Florence starting in 1252, and soon becoming a symbol of trust, stability, and economic power across Europe.</p><p>Anyone who collects or studies florins knows how many variations exist between the 13th and 14th centuries, tiny differences in marks, dies, letters, even in the saint’s facial features.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some variants are well-known. Others are rarer. Some are refined, others rather crude.</p><p><br /></p><p>But what if I told you I came across a florin that doesn’t appear in any known catalogue?</p><p><br /></p><p>And I don’t just mean a minor style deviation or a faint letter.</p><p>I’m talking about a clearly visible symbol, but one that is uncatalogued, unclassified, untraceable to any known Florentine die or workshop.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that’s not all.</p><p><br /></p><p>The saint’s face (Saint John the Baptist on the reverse) appears… hollowed, recessed, almost as if it was struck onto an already contoured surface.</p><p>And beneath the lily on the obverse… there are traces of another coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>A different die? A superimposed coin? A reused blank?</p><p><br /></p><p>Analysis is underway. I’ve submitted the specimen for XRF testing, and the results are just as intriguing: gold purity above 99.6%, unusually high even for florins of this period.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I prepare a more detailed write-up, I wanted to ask:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"> Has anyone here ever seen a florin with:</font></p><ul> <li>A symbol resembling a hat (not a rosette, not a flower, not a letter)?<br /> <br /> </li> <li>A hollowed or recessed face?<br /> <br /> </li> <li>Evidence possibly consistent with another coin underneath?<br /> </li> </ul><p>Some experts have already confirmed the uniqueness of the piece and are working on a full analysis.</p><p>Still, I would truly appreciate hearing from those of you with sharp eyes and keen memory, maybe you’ve seen something similar, something that’s flown under the radar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me leave you with one question:</p><p>How much could a florin, one that seems to escape all known classifications, still teach us?</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking forward to your thoughts,</p><p>Stater23</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1679588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679589[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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