Three newps, all '60s
jgenn
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Well, you know about things happening in threes. Many, many months can go by without the appearance of an interesting silver crown with a '60 date to add to my Silver Dollars of '60 set. And then, not one, but three pop up in the same month. The neat thing is they all arrived within a few days of each other.
First in hand was this circulated Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle thaler with the magnificent, unfettered horse design that I so enjoy. It's my first raw thaler and I noticed the roughly milled planchet, not just the irregular circumference but variance in thickness throughout. My guess is that it was struck (more than once) on a hammer press.
Next, was this nicely bronze toned thaler from Saxony. Although slabbed, I can clearly see that the obverse has a convex surface and the reverse is concave. I suspect that a rocker press struck this one due to the coin's curve and evidence of multiple impressions.
Last, but not least, an 8 reales minted in Segovia. I won this coin at the Soler y Llach auction in Barcelona with a mail-in bid on July 7th and received it today, the 13th. How's that for fast intercontinental delivery? My understanding is that this type of coin was struck using strips of uniform thickness run through a roller press and then cut out with a round punch into coins.
First in hand was this circulated Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle thaler with the magnificent, unfettered horse design that I so enjoy. It's my first raw thaler and I noticed the roughly milled planchet, not just the irregular circumference but variance in thickness throughout. My guess is that it was struck (more than once) on a hammer press.
Next, was this nicely bronze toned thaler from Saxony. Although slabbed, I can clearly see that the obverse has a convex surface and the reverse is concave. I suspect that a rocker press struck this one due to the coin's curve and evidence of multiple impressions.
Last, but not least, an 8 reales minted in Segovia. I won this coin at the Soler y Llach auction in Barcelona with a mail-in bid on July 7th and received it today, the 13th. How's that for fast intercontinental delivery? My understanding is that this type of coin was struck using strips of uniform thickness run through a roller press and then cut out with a round punch into coins.
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Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
PS- just had a quick peek at your "Silver Dollars of '60" set. Very cool. These will make nice additions.
Same - shaping-up to be a nice set!