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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KurtS, post: 2081648, member: 11786&quot;]Here&#039;s an interesting coin I picked up recently--a Norway 1932 1 Ore. What got my attention was the curl jutting from beyond the &quot;3&quot;--not normally seen on this date or underneath any other 3 digits. I immediately wondered if it was an overdate. Overdates for Norway&#039;s coins aren&#039;t well-documented, so I made a detailed photographic study to understand what this might be.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A.</b> and <b>b. </b>are two shots of the date area under different lighting conditions. In both pictures, the mark under the 3 is pretty bold, although lower relief, and the curve doesn&#039;t quite look like the &quot;2&quot; digit of this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If this coin were an overdate such as 1932/29, you might expect to see some remnants of the date under both digits. And indeed, there are some extraneous marks (white arrow) underneath that 2--again <i>not seen on other coins of this date</i>. So if that&#039;s a 2 under the 3, what might explain the different shape? For one thing, the 2 digit punch used on these coins from 1929 was <i>different </i>than seen on this coin. In figure <b>c.</b> I have included an overlay of an outline from the 2 taken from a 1929 ore coin--it looks closer, doesn&#039;t it?&nbsp; The angled termination of the stroke could be due to polishing out part of the 2 stroke after the re-dating. And in fact, there are raised lines due to heavy die polish around the date (black arrows), which also explains the lower relief of the mark.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7373/15875715853_12b9ba89b2_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I specialize in overdates, but I&#039;m normally hesitant to attribute one without documentation. But this time, I think the photos and overlays make a strong case for a 1932/2X. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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