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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GarryW, post: 22274, member: 1626&quot;]<b>More information</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for your advice</p><p>The story of origination that goes with coin is that a friend of my wife’s wanted to get married in the next year being 2003 and mentioned that she had some $20.00 coins that she wanted to sell to pay for the wedding, me being interest told her to bring them around. My eyes nearly dropped out my head when she upended this small purse and 5 gold coins dropped out (I am gold prospector in my spare time so do know the value, I was not expecting gold coins) of which four were $20 and one was a $10 gold coin (1901).</p><p>After looking at them I advised her to go and get a valuation and in particular not to let the 1929 out of her sight. Some 2 months later I was surprised when she rang up and asked again if I was interested in buying and I told her that the most I could offer was AU$5000.00 for the lot. She accepted.</p><p>Her story is that her father gave her coins in London just before he died in 1997 and had told her he had bought the coins in Belgium just before the 2nd world war for insulation against the vagrancies of currencies. She then carried them with her all over the world in a bum bag as an itinerant nurse before finally settling in Australia She is still a friend of the family and we went to her wedding. I have no reason to doubt anything she says.</p><p><br /></p><p>MORE INFORMATION ON COIN</p><p>I have now looked at more closely and on the new photos attached you may see that there are some imperfections, which I will highlight as follows:</p><p>Obverse – little nick (1mm) as in like another coin dropped onto it on right breast. Could be another smaller scratch below breast on upper thigh. Could be another under right arm pit but under mag looks in minting. All else other than very minute rub / bag marks is perfect.</p><p>Reverse - very small nick in wing feather just above where tail goes in. also a very very small dent in 2nd from left sun-beam (middle). All else other than very minute rub / bag marks is perfect.</p><p><br /></p><p>I now get to the part I don’t like-</p><p>The coin measures with verniers 34.3mm head to head and 34.5mm side to side (however 1# 1924 coin measures 34.4mm head to head and 34.2mm across the other1924 coin measures 34.4mm head to head and 34.4mm across and the 1922 measures 34.4mm htoh and 34.5mm across). All thicknesses are 2.5mm</p><p>The weight for the 1929 is 30.75 grams, the other 3 all 30.35 grams each.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it possible to have such variations? And what is your general consensus?</p><p>Right now I don’t feel to good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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