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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3427181, member: 10461"]The Charles II crown indeed seems to be merely a minor off-center strike (not uncommon for the era), rather than "broadstruck", as PCGS has it. The Heritage cataloguer mentioned this in the auction description. I don't mind, since I loved the look of the coin, regardless.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought the Reigate Hoard groat from [USER=19250]@Paddy54[/USER] here. I believe he got it from Dr. Singer. I do wish Dr. Singer would share his knowledge like you say, as I emailed him several questions, mostly trying to establish some documentation so that I could have something tangible enough to present to PCGS in hopes of getting the hoard pedigree on a slab label. </p><p><br /></p><p>(I was successful in that endeavor with my <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35075112" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35075112" rel="nofollow">Gisors Hoard King John penny</a>, but that one had come from a recent CNG auction.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Alas, he has not replied to my email of March 16th. I'm not totally sure I had the right address, though it seems to have sent OK.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3427181, member: 10461"]The Charles II crown indeed seems to be merely a minor off-center strike (not uncommon for the era), rather than "broadstruck", as PCGS has it. The Heritage cataloguer mentioned this in the auction description. I don't mind, since I loved the look of the coin, regardless. I bought the Reigate Hoard groat from [USER=19250]@Paddy54[/USER] here. I believe he got it from Dr. Singer. I do wish Dr. Singer would share his knowledge like you say, as I emailed him several questions, mostly trying to establish some documentation so that I could have something tangible enough to present to PCGS in hopes of getting the hoard pedigree on a slab label. (I was successful in that endeavor with my [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35075112']Gisors Hoard King John penny[/URL], but that one had come from a recent CNG auction.) Alas, he has not replied to my email of March 16th. I'm not totally sure I had the right address, though it seems to have sent OK.[/QUOTE]
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