Florin - what date?

cdwegner · July 18, 2004 3:10PM

Is the date on the rim or something?

http://home.comcast.net/~chris.wegner/florin_obverse.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~chris.wegner/florin_reverse.jpg

Syracusian · July 18, 2004 3:31PM

Gothic florin, S3893. The date is on the obverse , I believe I read mdccclxxi that should correspond to 1871.

satootoko · July 18, 2004 4:01PM

Looks more like mdcccliii (1853) to me, but we need an expert to tell us if there is a "die number" on the coin.

KM746.1 (1851-1863) and KM746.4 (1877-1887) didn't have them, but KM746.3 (1863-1867) and KM746.2 (1868-1878) did, according to Krause. (Maybe that same expert can explain what Krause is talking about.)

cdwegner · July 18, 2004 4:27PM

Ahhhh! I see it.

mdccclxxi

Picked it up at a coin show for a buck today.

kuhli · July 19, 2004 12:22AM

<< <i>Looks more like mdcccliii (1853) to me, but we need an expert to tell us if there is a "die number" on the coin.

KM746.1 (1851-1863) and KM746.4 (1877-1887) didn't have them, but KM746.3 (1863-1867) and KM746.2 (1868-1878) did, according to Krause. (Maybe that same expert can explain what Krause is talking about.)

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Not an expert, by any means, but do have a few answers here. Yes, there is a die number on this coin. Look carefully below the bust of Vicky, and you will see a very small "38" between the truncation and the rim. The dies were numbered as part of a tracking system to determine die life. Apparently some dies were used at different pressures on the press, to help find the best combination of quality and quantity. At least that is what I have been told.