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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KurtS, post: 2224573, member: 11786&quot;]This is my oldest Norway coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I found it at the Portland PNNA show a few years back for a nice price. Today, I took new pictures to document a few details.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5739/20992768656_c62c7576c6_k.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are different obverse dies--this is the most common version. One of the other interesting details on this coin is the repunched date. The white arrows show an underlying &quot;8&quot; NW of the final date position. There is also retooling on other details--common during this period of die-making.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/611/20992767746_ffcd326bb3_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But for me, the most interesting thing about this coin is the unique rampant lion style on the shield (b). This is a distinctly different style than usually seen on other coins of this series (a): the whole face is different, <i>compare to below</i>. In fact, this is the only coin with this reverse die/lion style I have seen after <b>several years of searching</b>. I begs to ask--who tooled this reverse--perhaps an apprentice die-maker? </p><p><br /></p><p>I brought this coin up with some dealers in Norway, but they seem to care only about the rarity/values of the obverse monogram styles. Which makes complete sense, if one hasn&#039;t seen any different reverse lion styles, and has not tried to determine a value.&nbsp; For now, I&#039;m happy to own an otherwise &quot;common&quot; 2 Sk with a (possibly) rare die pair for this date. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5781/20397950723_685eeaa01f_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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