Question about Krause listing for a Belgian coin
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Belgium. 10 Centimes. 1916. Zinc. KM #81.
Krause lists two varieties: "1916 without dot after denomination" and "1916 with dot after denomination". The price on the latter is more than 20x that of the former. Well, I got all excited on the one I found in yesterday's junkbox until I saw the wording above the listing: "All of KM#81 have dots after the date. The 1916 is distinguished by a period after the date."
So apparently the distinction is between a dot and a period. What's the difference? A dot circular and a period square? A dot circular and a period oval? A dot centered vertically and a period on the basline aligned with the base of the numerals?
What gives? Krause's wording is clear as mud.
-Dan
Krause lists two varieties: "1916 without dot after denomination" and "1916 with dot after denomination". The price on the latter is more than 20x that of the former. Well, I got all excited on the one I found in yesterday's junkbox until I saw the wording above the listing: "All of KM#81 have dots after the date. The 1916 is distinguished by a period after the date."
So apparently the distinction is between a dot and a period. What's the difference? A dot circular and a period square? A dot circular and a period oval? A dot centered vertically and a period on the basline aligned with the base of the numerals?
What gives? Krause's wording is clear as mud.
-Dan
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<< <i>a period on the basline aligned with the base of the numerals >>
I think this is how you would define a period. It is along the baseline of the numerals. "Dots" tend to be aligned more along the centerline of the text, and are bigger.
Krause can definitely be as clear as mud sometimes. The one stumper I had a few years ago was also a Belgian coin. (I think it was a 5-franc piece from the 1860's or '70's- I forget, exaactly). There were two varieties listed for that coin's date: "Pos A" and "Pos B". That's all it said. I correctly guessed the "Pos" was abbreviation to the word "position" but otherwise I was clueless. Later I found out that "Position A" and "Position B" referred to placement of the edge lettering on the coins- one has the bottoms of the letters aligned nearest the obverse side, the other vice-versa. There was no explanation at all- for all I know, the 19th century volume is still like that.
Naturally, there are space limitations for such a huge volume, but I would think they could at least spare a little space for a footnote on stuff like this.