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Gazza · October 19, 2010 6:50AM

Another one for my 1935 Crown for me collection. I have 8 now so that only 2-3 to go for the set. This is the raised edge proof edge error. I think it was an absolute snip as well so well pleased.

JCMhouston · October 19, 2010 8:56AM

Very nice, that's a tough one to find.

CB2597 · October 19, 2010 9:43AM

dino2008 · October 19, 2010 10:20AM

wybrit · October 19, 2010 2:07PM

Very nice. Those are hard to find and cost some ££.

Gazza · October 19, 2010 5:59PM

Gazza · October 19, 2010 6:11PM

Having an Id 10 t moment on the PC today. After reread my first post I think some schooling in English wouldn't go a miss either. Any way, after a search I see a guy call Clark Smith ? has one up for sale for $3500 with a nasty knock to George's beard. Although mine has a small knock to the rim I think it is less distracting than the knock to the Clark piece, and $3500 wow Spink gives it $2870 so my $1550 is looking better all the time.
Gary

7Jaguars · October 19, 2010 8:37PM

Gazza, is that pounds or dollars - if dollars then a great deal, ok if pounds. I know of two others of this one. Have the incuse edge types in 0.500 and o.925 silver?

Gazza · October 19, 2010 9:40PM

<< <i>Gazza, is that pounds or dollars - if dollars then a great deal, ok if pounds. I know of two others of this one. Have the incuse edge types in 0.500 and o.925 silver? >>

I paid £1008 so it's all in dollars. I also have the currency incuse edge error, even rarer than the raised edge error, also a 0.500 proof. The set is comming along nicely, just need the 0.925 proof and gold proof. Something else I've got which I read that is not known to exist is the specmen with the incuse lettering inverted, they were supposed to be all obverse up as with the raised edge proof.
Gary

MacCrimmon · October 19, 2010 9:45PM

Very nice set of Rockers there.

This one looks quite nice, and I'd take a very minor EK (of which I can't really see in your image) vs. a nasty device gouge any day.

7Jaguars · October 19, 2010 9:55PM

Uhh, that gold would be a stopper for most mortals! Gazza, do you have the currency with the dropped (partiallly) edge legend? Have not been able to find that one. I suspect there may be a number of edge legend variants & have not given them too much respect - the ones that are really bad are the Coronation 1953 crowns where they did not take much care....

Gazza · October 19, 2010 10:10PM

I've got a 1953 with an edge error, some letter missing from memory. The one I can't find is the Proof with the I of GRATIA pointing to a small tooth.

7Jaguars · October 20, 2010 2:24AM

I bought an error edge 1953 with a couple of extra letters several years ago for 100 or so pounds and then found on "fleebay" for 95 USD one with the entire edge inscription garbled and struck twice but not regularly as in a rotation between application of edge legend. What a strange one; after that I decided that edge errors and variants were not all that exciting and probably are enormously underreported for all the 20th C. bits: 1935 and 1953 esp. with the 1951 trailing as I have not seen as many.

BTW, the incuse edge proofs are problematic from two perspectives: they are underreported (there may be enormously more out there masquerading or passing as normal raised edge proofs in that the owners may not have looked) and also I suspect that early strike specimen quality pieces that may be getting slabbed as proofs, and these are of course incuse edged.

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