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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2309000, member: 16729&quot;]I&#039;ve had my &quot;eyes on&quot; S. Korean 10 Won coins now for about ten years.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen hundreds of coins in-hand, and hundreds more via macro-photography on auction/retail sites.</p><p><br /></p><p>A little background:&nbsp; 10 Won coins were some of the first coins struck by the Korean Mint, starting in 1966.&nbsp; I came to learn that these coins were struck with dies manufactured by John Pinches of London (at least the first few years were), a private mint operating in Britain at the time.&nbsp; They also made the master dies.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>There are certain strike characteristics concerning South Korean 10 Won coins minted in 1966 that I have seen again and again.&nbsp; </b> </p><p><br /></p><p>1)&nbsp; &nbsp; An overall &quot;roughness&quot; of the denomination numeral at its center:&nbsp; The middle stem of the &quot;1&quot; and the left side of the &quot;0&quot;.&nbsp; This looks almost to be &quot;bag marks&quot; on these coins, as it looks like wear, or even <u>scratches</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Could this roughness come from the dies themselves?</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465117[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2)&nbsp; &nbsp; A &quot;mushiness&quot; or &quot;blobiness&quot; on the eaves of the Pagoda on the other side:&nbsp; Some of these coins have &quot;full eaves&quot; with less mushiness, and some much more, like the image at the top that you see below.&nbsp; <b>What causes this?</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465118[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some more examples:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]465119[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]465120[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]465121[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Again, it seems that these are characteristics of the 1966 strikes only.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think that I&#039;ve ever seen these same things on later strikes of the 10 Won coin.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a very typical example of a 1967 strike in UNC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Pagoda eaves</p><p>[ATTACH=full]465114[/ATTACH] </p><p>No scratches on the denomination numeral.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]465115[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Any of your knowledgable insights would be helpful...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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