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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 234256, member: 1824&quot;]Ben,the Double Florin (4/-) got the name &#039;Barmaids&#039; Curse&#039; from when it was able to be easily confused with the Crown (5/-) in very poor light,despite the totally different designs &amp; for the fact that the later Crowns of Queen Victoria have both a milled edge &amp; a plain inscribed edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins that qualify for the definition of being Crown-sized is between 34 mm &amp; 39 mm.The Gambian 8/- is not Crown-sized,because it is too big.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scotland was issuing small silver Crowns as late as 1706.I have got one dated 1697,although it had been cleaned many years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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