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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3530019, member: 75937"]That's a lovely coin. The only reason you call it a beast is because of the flan chip. As you well-know* this arises from the fact that the chamfered flans were cast <i>en chapelet</i>, that is, using open or closed molds in which a number of mold hollows were connected by channels. When the metal cooled and hardened, these channels remained as sprue or runners, which were broken off either before or after striking. Removal in this case took some of the flan with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this sort of thing is interesting, even though it may not be aesthetically pleasing. And with rare coins, such as this, we can't be condition cranks or we'd have no rarities in our collections at all! And it's great to have such a known provenance, too!</p><p><br /></p><p>*I'm writing for the benefit of new collectors who may be unaware of the process.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oooh! Those are some of the more difficult issues in the zoo series to acquire! Score!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3530019, member: 75937"]That's a lovely coin. The only reason you call it a beast is because of the flan chip. As you well-know* this arises from the fact that the chamfered flans were cast [I]en chapelet[/I], that is, using open or closed molds in which a number of mold hollows were connected by channels. When the metal cooled and hardened, these channels remained as sprue or runners, which were broken off either before or after striking. Removal in this case took some of the flan with it. I think this sort of thing is interesting, even though it may not be aesthetically pleasing. And with rare coins, such as this, we can't be condition cranks or we'd have no rarities in our collections at all! And it's great to have such a known provenance, too! *I'm writing for the benefit of new collectors who may be unaware of the process. Oooh! Those are some of the more difficult issues in the zoo series to acquire! Score!!![/QUOTE]
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