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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CheetahCats, post: 875532, member: 23874&quot;]Pictured is a 1785 Danish Christian VII 2 Skilling that arrived today for inclusion in my <i>&quot;Colonial Williamsburg&quot;</i> collection.<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>Pursuant to <u>Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 135, Coinage for Colonial Virginia</u>, Eric P. Newman, (c)1956, pg.33, <i>one </i>specimen of this type and year was discovered during the renovation of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. Such a discovery confirms that at least one specimen [of this type] had been indeed in circulation sometime in Virginia&#039;s colonial times.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>At present I do not have an attribution for this specimen, if indeed attributions have been documented or if in fact have been confirmed to exist. Further study in the matter is being conducted.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s planchet is slightly smaller in diameter,as well as thinner than a U.S. dime.&nbsp; The vendor who sold the specimen to me described it in VG+ condition.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A quarter-millennium has passed, and though the specimen is a bit rugged in appearance, I think it still possesses remarkable detail and beautiful coloring <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Any comments and thoughts about it are appreciated and welcomed!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks, kindly</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>CheetahCats&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://home.comcast.net/%7Enumismatica/pwpimages/1785-2-Skilling-Obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://home.comcast.net/%7Enumismatica/pwpimages/1785-2-Skilling-Reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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