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Much to my surprise, I found three variations in the position and orientation
of the date of the 1911 florin by examining just three specimens of the coin. I
rescanned the coins at high resolution to illustrate the differences. The coins
are presented in a different order from that of the previous
page.
I started by making sure all three images were perfectly alinged. A vertical
line should run from the gap between denticles 1 and 166 at the top of the coin
to the gap between denticles 83 and 84 at the bottom. A horizontal line should join
denticles 42 and 125. Click here for an example
but be warned that the image is large (908 pixels square).
Next, I drew lines through the 3rd and 4th digits of the date and cropped the
image to show just the area around the date. These images are presented below.
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F11L.2A.1 2nd 1 in date is almost upright (it leans ever so slightly to the right) and is positioned slightly to the left of a gap between two rim denticles. The two 1s converge. |
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F11L.2A.3 2nd 1 in date is perfectly upright and is positioned almost directly over a rim denticle. The third 1 is slightly less slanted than in the specimen above and is aligned directly over the gap between two rim denticles. |
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F11L.2A.2 2nd 1 in date leans perceptibly to the left and is aligned over the gap between denticles 81 and 82. The third 1 is slightly less slanted than in either of the two the specimens above and this together with the slope of the second 1 means the two are almost parallel. |