Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3094441, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient_numismatic_enterprise/9/product/die_munzen_von_syrakus_by_erich_boehringer__coins_of_syracuse/40492/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient_numismatic_enterprise/9/product/die_munzen_von_syrakus_by_erich_boehringer__coins_of_syracuse/40492/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient_numismatic_enterprise/9/product/die_munzen_von_syrakus_by_erich_boehringer__coins_of_syracuse/40492/Default.aspx</a></p><p>I have always had an unexplainable desire for the Boehringer book on the Syracuse coins.&nbsp; I simply will never have enough of the coins to warrant the book purchase.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>He lists 500 reverse dies (the head is the reverse on these; the chariot is the obverse).&nbsp; Of them, I was happy to find a not too great example of Boehringer&nbsp; 703 (V345/R481) showing the large die break on reverse 481 with a good size cud missing behind the head.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure most people would prefer a die that was not falling apart but I found this one interesting particularly because it seems the strike was made unevenly, I like to believe because they were trying to avoid a total die failure.&nbsp; I like to imagine management standing over the die cutter who was busy engraving a replacement reverse die yelling &quot;Faster! Faster!&quot;&nbsp; I have seen several coins of this die in various stages of failure.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure there is someone out there trying to get the set (733 combinations?).&nbsp; That would be a fascinating set. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]781563[/ATTACH] </p><p>This coin does not have all that much wear judging from the front of the face and the upper left quadrant of the obverse.&nbsp; The missing hair detail has not worn away but was never there from the flat, uneven strike.&nbsp; I would love to know how many coins were struck with this die before and after mine.&nbsp; The one sold by CNG was not struck unevenly but you can see the break is quite obvious.&nbsp; It is later than mine.</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=68481" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=68481" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=68481</a></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/118028.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Is this a case where theirs is better for being worse?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in