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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7892199, member: 98035"]Bingo!</p><p><br /></p><p>The whole lot - except for one in the center bottom - is a totally unpublished and unknown series. I believe that these are directly imitated from late Series 1.4</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1361913[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>They are not however the "Vaghela" type which is similar in terms of debasement and dumpiness, but characterized by the "S" portion of the ribbon displacing the three horizontal lines [ATTACH=full]1361914[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like there are two types of this new series</p><p><br /></p><p>First, with a relatively well-engraved portrait, but very simple fire altar engraved in thick lines and replacing the star in the middle with a dot</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1361915[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Second either is engraved with a bust to the left, or at least has the ear on the wrong side</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1361916[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll have to dig into them when I get them in hand![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7892199, member: 98035"]Bingo! The whole lot - except for one in the center bottom - is a totally unpublished and unknown series. I believe that these are directly imitated from late Series 1.4 [ATTACH=full]1361913[/ATTACH] They are not however the "Vaghela" type which is similar in terms of debasement and dumpiness, but characterized by the "S" portion of the ribbon displacing the three horizontal lines [ATTACH=full]1361914[/ATTACH] It looks like there are two types of this new series First, with a relatively well-engraved portrait, but very simple fire altar engraved in thick lines and replacing the star in the middle with a dot [ATTACH=full]1361915[/ATTACH] Second either is engraved with a bust to the left, or at least has the ear on the wrong side [ATTACH=full]1361916[/ATTACH] I'll have to dig into them when I get them in hand![/QUOTE]
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