Does this look right ?

[Basil]

There's something wrong here,i don't have my notes with me so in the dark but i think one of the known fakes had the L in Melb. slightly misaligned and a straight back instead of a slight curve(or  vv).Others here will know more but its hard to believe their just different dies or strikes but happy to be corrected.I haven't owned a 34/35 for 20 years as its a coin,like the 1923 half,that i was always told to avoid buying.

[accumulator]

Yes would love to.

Type 1 with the 3 incused lathe lines above Centenary.






or Type 2 with the 2 incused lathe lines above Centenary.

[emu666]

Those are nice coins but they are not what I was referring to.

The proofs have frosted high points which are quite obvious. I've only ever seen the one. From what I recall I was told there were about a dozen or so minted.

[accumulator]

Proofs die  or Specimen Peter ?

[emu666]

Proofs die  or Specimen Peter ?

Proofs.


I have serious concerns regarding the existence of "specimens".

[wwwww]

The Type I & II "proof" coins were struck by the Melbourne mint and sold by H.G. Williams. He didn't consider them proof strikes and nor did the Melbourne mint. While they had proof-like qualities, they went through the bagging process so neither are proof nor specimen strikes. Further orders were rejected by H.G. Williams due to their inferior quality indicating that some may have been sold through the public programs or melted.

A specimen strike was struck by the Royal mint London and another from the same dies at Melbourne, both these examples were retained by the Melbourne mint. Some business strikes share die markers with this specimen, these are often called specimens but not a single example has any provenance proving them to be specimen strikes. It is more likely that the die was used for business strikes too.

The proof strikes were struck as proof of record strikes by the Melbourne mint. I doubt there are more than 5 or 6 in private hands.

[accumulator]

So how many of these flat rimmed coins are out there ?, i've been watching ebay for them for close to 10 years & i've only seen 4,3 of which are now in my collection,the other one was very circulated so i did'nt bother with it.

[wwwww]

If I recall correctly H.G. Williams purchased 50 of them from the Melbourne mint so that's the minimum quantity. As noted earlier it's likely that the mint produced more.

[Goldseeker]

Um, er, "lathe lines".   What and were please?