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About mint mark letter 1/2 Soldo 1762 Gorizia

Started by Balkanboy, July 23, 2023, 03:03:02 PM

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Balkanboy

Good afternoon!
Could you help me please about mint mark letter of this coin.
I cannot determine what is the letter : "G" or "C". I would appreciate your comments!
Thank you in advance!
Kind regards: Andrey

Figleaf

Compare your photos with Numista 131486. Click on the picture to enlarge it.

Same type, same date, but it looks like a slightly different die (e.g. yours has no dot after the mint letter, first O of SOLDO looks incomplete, 7 shaped differently). The G on the Numista coin has a horizontal bar almost detached from the lower end of the G. It looks like a tiny dot.

Keep comparing and you will see that the missing dot, the incomplete O, the shorter serif on top of the 7 and the incomplete bar of the G are all symptoms of the same problem: dirty die. The tiniest elements of the design have filled with a junk and oil mixture that was hardened in the coin press. I can see some "ghosting" of the missing part of the O.

Numista says all coins of this type have a G.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.