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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1919857, member: 19463&quot;]There is one more piece of information I would like to see gathered.&nbsp; It would require someone of skill examining (photos would work) all known examples of both reverses.&nbsp; Then the coins could be ordered according to die wear, striking characteristics and alloy content/trace elements.&nbsp; If all coins from one reverse seem to be earlier in the life of the obverse die and there is a difference in fabric and metal impurities, it would seem safe to say the obverse die was sent to the second city when the first was finished with it.&nbsp;&nbsp; If the metal is absolutely identical and characteristics of striking match well, we might have a case of one city striking all the coins and providing them to the other (probably on contract for a fee).&nbsp; This would also be the suspicion if there are early and late die state coins from each city.&nbsp; Of course it is quite possible that few enough coins were struck with the die that it never got enough wear to separate out a late state.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I often find super high grade and high price coins boring for the money they require.&nbsp; This is not the case here.&nbsp; It would be interesting also to see if there are links between the minor coins of the same cities.&nbsp; It would be quite reasonable for a pair of cities to contract where one would provide the other with services in minting gold in return for similar service from the other in silver.&nbsp; Obviously I know of no evidence in this regard here but part of the game in numismatics is to keep the eyes open and see that a coin like this one is a lot more than just a pretty face.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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