The 1966 coin of the Suriname 5 cent KM# 12.1 has multiple variants. Short 6, long 6, straight privy mark, slanted privy mark. Which variant did I find in a bulk lot I bought? Let me know your thoughts :-)
I believe there is an error in the catalog and it is a bit confusing. I believe the mintage should read 2,300,000 next to the "Fish. short 6, slanted privy mark such as your 1966 coin and the example shown on the Numista page. The privy mark is definitely not straight in either case and as Ole mentions in his comment on the page," he has never seen a 1966 with a straight privy mark". So why is the mintage figures next to that and exactly why so many people catalog theirs as having the straight privy mark?
If I look at Ole's documentation, I'd be inclined to call Steven's coin a straight privy, as it points at the bottom of the T. The slanted privy on the coin page clearly points halfway the leg of the T.
Though I do admit the privy on Steven's coin is slightly slanted, but so is the coin ;)
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No new swaps for the moment, still too many half-ongoing swaps to clean up!
Congratulations you have found another variant, look at the 6's one has long necs and the other short ones.
Try to make macro images and you shall see???? Are the two 66 coins yours? That is certainly another die, and thus the slant is invoked when the die change was done. What do you think?
Цитата: "Sjoelund"Congratulations you have found another variant, look at the 6's one has long necs and the other short ones.
Try to make macro images and you shall see???? Are the two 66 coins yours? That is certainly another die, and thus the slant is invoked when the die change was done. What do you think?
The one with the blue background is mine, the other picture comes from the internet. Am I right in understanding that this one is different than the variants mentioned on the coin's page? What do you mean by 'try making macro images and you shall see???'
Цитата: "BramVB"Isn't it then the "Fish; Long 6, straight privy mark" already in the catalogue?
Sure is, but now it can documented correctly, quite often you find year lines, without no proof, so now document it, please or send me the images and I can set it up for you.
Today I'm lazy, golf in the morning and 38° in the afternoon, so I ask people to participate and then I do some magic with the images No, really today is out for me as a working day
Scroll down a bit to see the original posting (beware! it's in Dutch )
Stoert mir nicht. With Danish and German I understand it quite well! Thanks for the advice, but I suppose I can't use those images, but one comment I have to let loose. Both mints are slanted (more or less) and the middle has marks, but no coin from 1966 has a vertical, it obviously came in 1973, but the guy who set up the year lines were probably full of Genever
Цитата: "smvdbrink"Dear fellow numismatists,
The 1966 coin of the Suriname 5 cent KM# 12.1 has multiple variants. Short 6, long 6, straight privy mark, slanted privy mark. Which variant did I find in a bulk lot I bought? Let me know your thoughts :-)
Cheers, Steven
Long 6's slanted 10°, try to see the documentation I'm just working upon, will come in a few minutes.
Here is mvdbrink's privy mark, maybe you now understand why I need the best possible resulution for my documentations. Can you make a better hi-res image of the coin again, please?
A part from that, the straight privy mark , I think, doesn't exist in 1966, do you agree to that? If I get a better image of the 10° coin I'll use it in the documentation.
Very nice as always Ole. Maybe an extra addition is the coin orientation.
I don't own any 1966 coins, but according to the catawiki sale the long 6's coin was medal alignment,while the other 2 were coin alignment. Can everyone check out their 1966 coins for alignment?
Just call me Bram
No new swaps for the moment, still too many half-ongoing swaps to clean up!
I think the quality of the image I posted is better than what is shown in the documentation. Did you upload the wrong picture? And indeed, it's Suriname instead of Surinam
Цитата: "smvdbrink"I think the quality of the image I posted is better than what is shown in the documentation. Did you upload the wrong picture? And indeed, it's Suriname instead of Surinam