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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2413883, member: 19463"]The coin is seriously double struck with the reverse rotated 90 degrees. Most obvious is the wheel of the 4riga dead center reverse bottom and at the edge of the flan at about 8 o'clock under the figure of the driver. Figuring out which detail is from which strike may take you some work. On the obverse behind the head are four crescent shaped lines which <i>could</i> be remnants of a scoop gouge but really do not think so and I do not think the flat spot is related to adjustment. I would say that the flatness has to do with the uneven strike caused by slippage as part of the doubling. My example of the coin is weight adjusted with reverse gouge making it hard to see what is supposed to be there. I'd call your coin an interesting mess. I like messy coins which require study to figure out what is going on.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]499289[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel like I saw that coin somewhere (eBay?) in recent weeks but could be mistaken. This is Sear 266 but RSC 226.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2413883, member: 19463"]The coin is seriously double struck with the reverse rotated 90 degrees. Most obvious is the wheel of the 4riga dead center reverse bottom and at the edge of the flan at about 8 o'clock under the figure of the driver. Figuring out which detail is from which strike may take you some work. On the obverse behind the head are four crescent shaped lines which [I]could[/I] be remnants of a scoop gouge but really do not think so and I do not think the flat spot is related to adjustment. I would say that the flatness has to do with the uneven strike caused by slippage as part of the doubling. My example of the coin is weight adjusted with reverse gouge making it hard to see what is supposed to be there. I'd call your coin an interesting mess. I like messy coins which require study to figure out what is going on. [ATTACH=full]499289[/ATTACH] I feel like I saw that coin somewhere (eBay?) in recent weeks but could be mistaken. This is Sear 266 but RSC 226.[/QUOTE]
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