[Colonial Numismatics] Wood-17? Pubblico Deposited
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Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Wood-17?
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Gord,
That little ski man is pretty cool. ;-)
Marc
In colonial-coins@y..., "Gord Nichols" <gnichols@c...> wrote:
> Hi Clem
>
> That is a Wood 17. Check the bow and ribands(ribbons). They appear
as if they are a little man bending to tie his ski boots.????? The
point is that on Wood 17(and 18) the little man's back follows the
nape of George's neck exactly. There is a narrow (always the same
width) channel between the little man's back and the back or nape of
George's neck.
>
> Check a Wood 16 (or the Charlton photo of a Wood 17 which is a Wood
16) at the bow and ribbons. The 'little man's' back has 2 huge
triangular points in it and doesn't follow the nape of George's neck
at all. Also on Wood 16 the 'little man' has a crook in his neck.
>
> With respect to your lack of detail on the lower part of the
reverse perhaps you have a different die rotation. If you check the
scan of the Wood 25 I sent against the Baker speciman in the Taylor
catalog you will note that the Baker speciman has no detail on the
bottom of the obverse and mine has plenty. Mine is a 90 degrees
rotation while I think most previously known specimans were coin
turn. Die rotation does matter.
>
> Or perhaps yours is just weakly struck. I have noticed what appears
to be a wide varience in striking pressure with many of the commoner
blacksmiths. Of relatively high grade looking pieces some will appear
to be flat with almost zero relief while others have plenty of relief
but still no details. Any details on the reverse of a Wood 17 are
shallowly cut at best and a specimen must be well struck to show them.
>
> I hope this is of some help.
> Gord
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Clement V. Schettino
> To: C4
> Cc: Clem at Work
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 7:36 AM
> Subject: [Colonial Numismatics] Wood-17?
>
>
> Hey Gord,
>
> Well I suppose this image makes my claims look pretty weak, but
it's the
> best I could get with a scanner. I had to way over lighten to
show the
> detail I did. There is considerably more detail on the bust and a
bit more
> on the nose, as well as on the reverse, especially at the spray
and below
> that arm. All that "stuff" that looks like dirt, is dirt. I've
got some Blue
> Ribbon on it trying to soften it up.
>
> In "the brass" the coin appears quite choice, and I'm happy with
it anyway.
>
> But it is a 17, right?
>
> Clem
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