Does this look right ?

trout · June 08, 2014, 02:41:49 PM

Just had a look at this coin, it doesn't look right to me.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Australia-Melbourne-Centenary-Florin-1934-35-Silver-Coin-RARE-aUNC-Lustrous-/291163297112?pt=AU_Coins2&hash=item43caaf5558

echidna · June 08, 2014, 03:02:45 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='51702' dateline='1402204309'Just had a look at this coin, it doesn't look right to me.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Australia-Melbourne-Centenary-Florin-1934-35-Silver-Coin-RARE-aUNC-Lustrous-/291163297112?pt=AU_Coins2&hash=item43caaf5558

Looks OK to me

stevo1962 · June 08, 2014, 03:04:12 PM

Looks like it might have been polished

serial · June 08, 2014, 03:08:28 PM

I don't see the die markers but the pic is ordinary

Robster · June 08, 2014, 03:11:47 PM

Must be the pic., he looks like he is skin and bone.!! :dodgy:

trout · June 08, 2014, 03:15:19 PM

The coin just looks "odd" , in front of the Kings ear and the hair look like they have been "Tooled"
The reverse looks crude especially the rider's torso and face.
Comparison pics

Obverse

Reverse

autocoupler · June 08, 2014, 05:23:36 PM

Quote from: 'Robster' pid='51707' dateline='1402206107'Must be the pic., he looks like he is skin and bone.!! :dodgy:

Skin and bone, he must work with me :blush: OK back to topic. Everything about the coin looks super defined when compared to the other one trout put up. May be just a very early strike, the wreath looks pretty well struck, the Kings whiskers are super prominent, and the rider just needs a good feed and a week in hospital. :angel: I do remember reading about fakes where the horses hooves are embedded into the bar, but these are certainly on top. That's it for me, not much help.

interest · June 08, 2014, 06:28:47 PM

look at the rib cage & the right arm.
Don't look right to me.

trout · June 08, 2014, 06:39:20 PM

Quote from: 'interest' pid='51734' dateline='1402217927'look at the rib cage & the right arm.
Don't look right to me.

Thank the gods someone agrees with me, the entire coin looks wrong.
Technically its all there but nothing like what was produced at the Mint.
The grainy and chiselled nature of this coin hit ALL my warning buttons as soon as I saw it.
I am NOT a great fan of this design but I am bloody sure that Kruger Grey wouldn't let something as crude as this escape the mint :ok:

proof27 · June 08, 2014, 06:57:02 PM

uglyy

accumulator · June 08, 2014, 06:57:30 PM

The obverse looks like the flat rimmed proof die, but that rib cage on the reverse is funny lookin.

trout · June 08, 2014, 07:00:43 PM

Quote from: 'accumulator' pid='51737' dateline='1402219650'The obverse looks like the flat rimmed proof die, but that rib cage on the reverse is funny lookin.

do the dots on the leopard skin look weird to you or is it just me?

accumulator · June 08, 2014, 07:04:22 PM

lol, everything is skeletonized, no they do not look right to me.

trout · June 08, 2014, 07:42:38 PM

NO input from Eric , Walter, Andrew, Mark or Emu as of yet, Maybe they are just sitting on the fence and seeing if we "Plebs" can work this out for ourselves :angel:
NO worries I am certain that we can work it out amongst ourselves without the "Hierarchy" getting involved :diablo:

stevo1962 · June 08, 2014, 07:58:07 PM

Check the centre diamond on the King's crown.It looks to
be a different shape.Most likely a fake and I wouldn't take
a chance on it