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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8278806, member: 110350&quot;]M. Cougnard of Odysseus Numismatique has asked me to post this corrected/clarified version of his comment above, with apologies for his English -- which seems fine to me!</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I consulted today the Vinchon 1966 catalog and indeed it&#039;s absolutely the same coin, there is no doubt. The weird shape of the L could be due to several things : old photographic technique, light, printing... in this case I think it&#039;s just a little dirt that was there when the coin has been cast before taking the picture, and with the uniformity of colors and textures + the &quot;molded aspect&quot; induced by this technique, we can&#039;t really distinguish it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plaster casts have long been used in numismatic catalogs, such as those of Vinchon and Bourgey until the 70s for example, this allowed to have nice detailed pictures, avoiding metal reflections.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This seems entirely consistent with [USER=79368]@Barry Murphy[/USER]&#039;s comment, including in confirming Maison Vinchon&#039;s use of plaster casts until very late.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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