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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 6561549, member: 93416"]Exceptionally - since this so obviously pertains to me- I will add a comment</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since I sold a long way over 100,000 coins in my time I obviously do not recollect this piece – but the Deyell attribution above looks correct to me. My guess is that it a late common version which was intrinsically copper but originally silver plated. It is not on my reckoning the last of the series, a few years after Deyell went to print a group of rather well made but more stylised coins came on the market that seemed to be plain copper without even plating. Those are of course not in Deyell (1990).</p><p><br /></p><p>In general however I am afraid I have given up on this group. Nothing at all wrong with the moderation here (unlike the dreadful World of Coins). However there are a small number of very vocal members here who are more interested in peddling various forms of “identity politics” than thinking fair mindedly in an objective scientific sort of way. That in itself is no surprise. My disappointment stems from the fact that next to nobody ever stood up against that sort of bullying. That was the crux of my problem with the group</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 6561549, member: 93416"]Exceptionally - since this so obviously pertains to me- I will add a comment Since I sold a long way over 100,000 coins in my time I obviously do not recollect this piece – but the Deyell attribution above looks correct to me. My guess is that it a late common version which was intrinsically copper but originally silver plated. It is not on my reckoning the last of the series, a few years after Deyell went to print a group of rather well made but more stylised coins came on the market that seemed to be plain copper without even plating. Those are of course not in Deyell (1990). In general however I am afraid I have given up on this group. Nothing at all wrong with the moderation here (unlike the dreadful World of Coins). However there are a small number of very vocal members here who are more interested in peddling various forms of “identity politics” than thinking fair mindedly in an objective scientific sort of way. That in itself is no surprise. My disappointment stems from the fact that next to nobody ever stood up against that sort of bullying. That was the crux of my problem with the group Rob T[/QUOTE]
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