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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4621463, member: 19463"]Around the world, officials are debating whether to send kids back to school which might be dangerous to their physical health or to leave them at home which will be dangerous to their education (and the mental health of kids and parents). This coin suggests that the die cutter had issues separating V and F. My daughter teaches First Grade and is well aware of this and other traps set for those who did not pay attention to this lesson. Spelling was not a strong point in the "not really in Emesa but we call it that anyway" mint. I don't have this one. Below is a coin cut by the runner up in the spelling bee. Unfortunately, the poor child failed penmanship due to his odd F and the second E in CERER missing the bottom line.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144193[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also eliminated was the kid who did this one showing a boxy C or E missing the center bar where teacher wanted the F.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144195[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose you want me to show a coin done by the victor in the spelling bee but I have not found it yet from this period. Perhaps Martin has one??? In the previous year's competition there was a contestant who could spell CERER FRVG but that was in the period that used IIC rather than COSII on the obverse. What the mint needed was a diecutter with a strong First Grade education in all matters of alphabet.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144196[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4621463, member: 19463"]Around the world, officials are debating whether to send kids back to school which might be dangerous to their physical health or to leave them at home which will be dangerous to their education (and the mental health of kids and parents). This coin suggests that the die cutter had issues separating V and F. My daughter teaches First Grade and is well aware of this and other traps set for those who did not pay attention to this lesson. Spelling was not a strong point in the "not really in Emesa but we call it that anyway" mint. I don't have this one. Below is a coin cut by the runner up in the spelling bee. Unfortunately, the poor child failed penmanship due to his odd F and the second E in CERER missing the bottom line. [ATTACH=full]1144193[/ATTACH] Also eliminated was the kid who did this one showing a boxy C or E missing the center bar where teacher wanted the F. [ATTACH=full]1144195[/ATTACH] I suppose you want me to show a coin done by the victor in the spelling bee but I have not found it yet from this period. Perhaps Martin has one??? In the previous year's competition there was a contestant who could spell CERER FRVG but that was in the period that used IIC rather than COSII on the obverse. What the mint needed was a diecutter with a strong First Grade education in all matters of alphabet. [ATTACH=full]1144196[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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