Ionia, Teos, AR Drachm. 480-470 BC. Griffin seated right, forpaw raised / crude quadripartite incuse square. SNG Cop 1433, BMC 1.
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Crude imitation countermark "CAE" on imitation Dupondius of Augustus, Pannonia (countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 77)
"CAE" & "PP" (from Pannonia, on irregular Moneyer Dupondius) (countermarks Martini Pangerl Collection 77 & MPC 81) ...
crude lettering and bust
obverse legend with some letter-like forms including T, I, S, V
helmeted and curiassed bust right
imitation: two captives at base of standard with "IV/oo" onit, [dot]SIS[dot] mintmark.
AE17. 12:00.
Cruder in their engraving and manufacture, and far more exotic in their designs, Period Two gold pieces were collectable from their inception. They are thus more likely than the earlier coins to be found in unworn condition.
A crude or low form of metal, usually leaded.
BASINING OF THE DIES
The process of polishing the field of the die prior to its introduction into the coining process by holding the die face against a slowly revolving dish-shaped zinc lap.
687 BC Crude "coins" invented in Lydia (according to Herodotus)
Herodotus criticises the gross commercialism of the Lydians who are not only the first people to coin money but also the first to open permanent retail shops.
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Generally crudely cast, it is almost certain these are contemporary counterfeits, and probably the type referred to in the official Han records as being in circulation prior to 180 BC, ...
Note: Very crude style - I'm attributing this specimen to Johannes with a fair amount of reservation, however, the portrait resembles Johannes and some of the Rome mint products are very crude.
Obverse: A crude portrait of King George III (ruled 1760-1820) based on Benedetto Pistrucci's portrait as used on the British 1/2 Crown of 1817-20, the 5-shilling (1 Crown) of 1818-20, 1/2 Sovereign of 1817-20, the Sovereign of 1818 and 1820, ...
Cob Money - Crude irregular silver coins of Spain, Central and South America.
Coiner - The mint official in charge of stamping planchets into money.
A second, far cruder piece, also illustrates the changing nature of the later eighteenth-century token. In 1796, J. Morse of Newent, Gloucestershire circulated an unusual halfpenny, advertising the virtues of his orchard business.
Cob Money - Crude silver coins of Spain, Central and South America.
Cohen variety - A die variety for half cents, denoted as C-1, C-2a, etc.
Various, mostly crude coins were produced by the Soviets. Some only issued silver 1 yuan coins ( Hunan, Hupeh-Honan-Anhwei, Min-Che-Kan, North Shensi and P'ing Chiang) whilst the Hsiang-O-Hsi Soviet only issued copper 1 fen coins and the Wan-Hsi-Pei ...
Usually struck on crude, imperfect planchets, they are rarely found in high grade. The landscape coppers convey a wealth of detail corresponding to the Vermont countryside and politics of the day.
The first and most crude method (shown above) is to simply take two coins that are the same and cut the coin in half through the plane of the coin and then stick the two sides together.
Type 1. Coin with crude Arabic script.
Jaya Ranajit Malla (AD1762-1763)
Year NS882 (AD1762)
Code MD26
Denomination: 1 Tamka
Diam. 29.1 mm.; Th. 0.8 mm.; Wt. 5.42 gms.
Metal: Silver
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Historically, it has been thought that halfpence that were cruder and more poorly made were American products while the better examples came from Britain.
As the successors to the Greeks, the Romans produced early coins that were crude in comparison.
Pre-Reform coins were small and crude looking like those of his immediate predecessors. Our early example here even bears a portrait that looks a bit like Claudius II.
The May 16 shipment of 58 pigs (crude ingot castings) reshipped from New York to Philadelphia on the sloop Hope (under Captain Webb). Its arrival time shows that it must have served for the Lettered Edges.
In general, territorial issues are known for displaying tell-tale signs of somewhat crude minting techniques, but the striking quality of this Proof is easily as nice as would be expected of a federal Proof gold issue.
The Spanish colonial mints at Potosí, Lima, Cartagena, Bogotá and Mexico City (plus a few others) labored day and night to produce the irregularly shaped gold and silver coins commonly referred to as macuquinas (crude hammered coins) or "cobs.
Even though short lived, the series has many varieties, an inherent problem of issues produced with the relatively crude technology of the Mint's early years.
One distinguishes good or bad style, fine or gross style, crude or skillful style, and on that basis attributes an issue to the place or period that one expects would produce such a style: early or late, Greek or barbarian, ...
Scot's new reverse featured a cruder and less regal bird than that on the Great Seal, and to many, was artistically inferior to the small eagle on the earlier coins.
The earliest of these pieces were cast bean-shaped lumps of gold bearing a crude form of punch mark on one side whilst the other was blank.
The first coins had a crude design on one side and nothing more than a simple punch mark on the other. Within a few hundred years, coins of great artistic beauty were being struck in Greece and then in Rome.
The legend on the obverse of the coin is very crudely written, and rather uncertain. However the date and mint on the reverse make the attribution not in doubt. Two points make this piece exceptional: first the weight, and secondly the mint name.
Crudely struck Massachusetts Pine Tree shillings dated 1652, if bent twice, are said to have been ideal for warding off witches; that piece in your collection may have been in Judge Samuel Sewall's pocket when he presided over the Salem witch trials.
Bronze issues, most of which are folles or 40 nummia pieces and divisions of that denomination, are frequently crudely struck, often over previous issues.
It may seem unscientific and even crude to make the general statement that big coins make better investments than small ones but it is true. Gold coins are more likely to reward the investor than are pieces struck in a non- precious metal.
A strange quality of these dots is their relative crude execution. In general, the coins of British India display a high degree of workmanship both in design and in manufacture. However, these dots appear crude, oddly placed and of varying size.
Most examples are on crudely made very ragged flans. These coins are not chipped or broken as many may think, but rather have flans that are very crudely made from slices off of rods of metal made from molten metal poured into a hole in the gound.
The first New England coins -- crude silver pieces with a simple "NE" design on the obverse, and the denomination indicated as "XII," "VI," or "III" on the reverse -- were the first coins struck in the Colonies.
Some of the forgeries were crude and were executed by simply punching out the centre of a Spanish dollar without bothering to imprint any counterstamp. Others were more sophisticated and were really quite good forgeries.
The earliest ancient Greek coins are crude pieces, shaped like a bean. However, over the years, the sophistication of the ancient Greek coins evolved into flattened round pieces, which are characteristic of coins everywhere today.
The only time you should allow yourself to buy a coin with marginal eye appeal is if essentially every known example of the type or issue is crudely made.
The early years of the United States Mint were fraught with problems: The equipment was crude, serviceable die steel was difficult to obtain, and until 1816, men and horses, not steam, supplied power to operate the machinery.
Many curved clips are faked by punching the curved clip out with a common punch found in almost any die shop or through other cruder methods while "straight clips" (which will be the subject of another article) are faked by filing metal away from ...
They are very crude, made of copper and weigh from about 2 to 4 grams. On the obverse in the center they carry a large [Lombardic] M with the legend A CON ET DVX (Marinus Consul et Dux) around it. The reverse shows the bust of St Erasmus.
A coin, usually base metal, struck from crudely engraved dies and made to pass for face value at the time of its creation. Sometimes such counterfeits are collected along with the genuine coins, especially in the case of American Colonial issues.
4. The style is often a crude caricature of the style of untouched coins. Drapery in particular rarely captures the realistic three-dimensional flowing quality of the original die engraving.
contemporary counterfeit A coin, usually base metal, struck from crudely engraved dies and made to pass for face value at the time of its creation.
Irregular shaped silver piece sliced from a bar of silver and crudely stamped for use in Spanish America during the 16th to 18th centuries.
Collar
the outer ring or die chamber that hold a blank in place in the coinage press during coin striking.
Their coins, however, suggest a lack of artistic sophistication: the representations of their kings, such as Kanishka, tend to be crude (lack of proportion, rough drawing), ...
A few three dollar gold pieces were struck in 1854. Many of these were rather crudely made owing to the primitive nature of the equipment, a characteristic that modern collectors often find has a certain charm.
In an effort to find the bullet, Alexander Graham Bell devised a crude metal detector.
This is possible, though other numismatists have argued that the second issue, which is cruder in style and manufacture than the first, may not have been minted at Tyre, but was probably minted somewhere other than Jerusalem.
GF100 UMAYYAD, Illiya Filistin. 8th Century AD. Æ Fals. Islamic legends both sides, palm branch to r. on obv. SNAT-18, A-179. Crude VF, irregular flan. $60
GF101---,---c. 695 AD. Æ Small Fals. SNAT-21. Legends. Choice Fine $60 ...
silver didrachm bears the head of Helios, the sun god and patron of Rhodes, while the reverse bears a stylized rose, which Rhodes was named after. The angled face styling was virtually unique to the coinage of the era, and were at times crude, ...
The "cob" coinage is
crude. They usually have clipped edges; vary in thickness; are rarely
round; and, seldom display full details in striking. Why would this be?
That is another story for another time.
The floral design on above coin minted by Habshi ruler, Saifuddin Firuz, appears to have been copied from his predecessor JalauddinThe execution of this specimen is rather crude with floral design mostly out of flan.
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