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<p>[QUOTE="GregH, post: 2488804, member: 75936"]Check out this Oliver Cromwell crown - with the famous die crack: [ATTACH=full]526432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]526433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]526430[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]526434[/ATTACH]</p><p>Apologies for posting in the ancients group, but I trust your opinions enormously and I know a lot of you love English coins (which have portraits that are very much in the Roman style).</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is made either from original dies, or from moulds from an original coin. I am concerned about the edge. There should be lettering, but it's not clear, and I'm not sure if we have a fine thin weld on the edge that has been disguised with tooling. I couldn't find much info online about how Cromwell crowns are faked (which I am sure they are, since these coins are a big deal). Electrotype copy? What do you think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GregH, post: 2488804, member: 75936"]Check out this Oliver Cromwell crown - with the famous die crack: [ATTACH=full]526432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]526433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]526430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]526434[/ATTACH] Apologies for posting in the ancients group, but I trust your opinions enormously and I know a lot of you love English coins (which have portraits that are very much in the Roman style). The coin is made either from original dies, or from moulds from an original coin. I am concerned about the edge. There should be lettering, but it's not clear, and I'm not sure if we have a fine thin weld on the edge that has been disguised with tooling. I couldn't find much info online about how Cromwell crowns are faked (which I am sure they are, since these coins are a big deal). Electrotype copy? What do you think?[/QUOTE]
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