AustralasianCOINBANKNOTEAUGUST2007 ThisauthorhasseenseveralCentenarieswhichareweaklystruckintheseareasbutstillhavenicewreathsTheCentenaryflorinshouldhavesatinorfinemattefieldshowevermanypreviousow ID: 90094
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THEENIGMATICPROOFANDSPECIMENSTRIKESOFTHE1934-35THEIMPORTANCEOFNIPPLES,SURFACESANDRIMSbyT.VincentVerheyen AustralasianCOIN&BANKNOTEAUGUST2007 ThisauthorhasseenseveralCentenarieswhichareweaklystruckintheseareasbutstillhavenicewreaths.TheCentenaryflorinshouldhavesatinorfinemattefields;however,manypreviousownershavepolishedthem.Thesecanbeeasilyspottedbylooking(10Xmagnification)atthefieldsdirectlyadjacenttotherelief(lettering).Thesepolishedcoinshowatransitionfromsatintomirrorfinishhereandwilllosetheirbroadmilkycartwheelinglustreinaccordwiththedegreeofpolishapplied.Ifthecoinhaslightlymirroredfieldswithcartwheelinglustrelookattherims,iftheyareasdescribedbelow,itmostlikelywillhavebeenstruckfromtheproofdies.ThelevelofaccurateanatomicaldetailonboththeriderandhorseareremarkablegiventhesizeoftheCentenaryflorinandareatestamenttotheengravingskillsofGeorgeKruger-Gray.ThisMelbourneissueiswidelyregardedasoneofthemostbeautifulcoinsintheworld(ANDA).Thespecimenstrikeisastandoutintermsofits3-dimensionaldefinitionofbone,muscleandtendon.AnOverviewonhowtoIdentifytheVariousStrikesProofTheproofversionoftheCentenaryflorindoesexistanditisbothrareandscarceinthemarket.Thisauthorsweb-basedresearchincludedtheexcellentwebsitehttp://www.noble.com.auprovidedbyNobleNumismaticsauctionstostudythefre-quencyandnumberofspecialCentenariescomingontothemarket.NobleshavehandledeightspecialCentenaryflorinsinthelast11yearsi.e.Lot1553Sale69,Mar.2002,althoughmostweredescribedasspecimenstrikes.Interestingly,onlyoneoftheprobableproofsandjusttwootherlotdescriptionsmentiontheriderasbeingfullystruckup;withLot1553Sale50Mar1996commentingonflatnessonwreathandhighpointsontherider.Theauthorisawareofanothereightproofflorinsmarketedthroughvariousdealersduringthisperiodmakinganestimatedaverageoftwoproofsavailableperyear.TheresearchpresentedhereonthesespecialCentenariesrevealstheproofstrikeisactuallyfoundintwodietypes,herelabelledtypesIandII.SurfaceContrastTheproofstrikefromthetypeIdiecombinationhasacameoappearance,withtheraiseddesigninfrostedormattereliefcontrastedbyheavilypolishedmirrorfields(Figure1).Aguidetotheexpectedappearanceofthisproofisgivenbytheregularproofsilverdesignsstruckbythemintfor1934.These1934proofsilvercoinsarerenownedfortheirmirrorfinishfieldsprovidingacontrasttotheirlightlyfrostedormatteraiseddesign(Hutchinson1993).Thisdeliberatesurfacetreatmentoftheproofdiestohighlightthedesignwouldbeexpectedtofollowthroughtothe34-5Centenarygivenitsdieswouldhavebeenpreparedataroundthesametime.CoinstruckfromthetypeIIdiesaremuchmoreuniforminoverallsurfacefinishthanthosefromtypeI.ThetypeIIproofcoinhaveanevensemi-mirrorappearancewithlittlediffer-enceinsurfacetexturebetweenthelightlypolishedfields OrdinaryGemSpecimenProof-typeIThehorseseyeisalsoakeystrikequalitymarker.Theraisedmattedesignandmirrorfieldsoftheproofarereadilyapparent Figure4Variationinresolutionforthehorsesheadwithstriketype