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NYINC Signature Sale 3044 3-4 January 2016
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Victoria Error - Capped Die - Gothic Florin 1872 MS62 NGC (Photo-Certificate), Royal mint, KM746.2, S-3893. Obverse Die Cap. A jaw-dropping mint error, among the most dramatic we have seen on any world coin, and incredibly fortuitous that it happens to feature one of the world's most coveted designs, the Gothic-styled Victorian florin. The result of a flan curling around the obverse die and "capping" it, this impressive error exhibits a sharp rendering of Victoria at the bottom of a 5mm metallic basin, the edges curled up to display the reverse legends when viewed from the outside; they read: ONE FLORIN / ONE TENTH OF A POUND. On the outside of the cap, opposite Victoria's portrait, is a ghosting of the reverse centers, left only partially visible after the cap received multiple blows from a blank planchet.For obvious reasons, errors of this magnitude are extreme rarities; for their manufacturing to happen at all requires more than a little luck, but to make it out of the mint and avoid later destruction is nothing short of miraculous. The present coin is just that - a miracle. Moderate gray toned throughout with a touch of golden tone deep in the cap. Lightly handed int the semi-reflective fields surround Victoria, but its presence is by no means egregious. Several marks, likely from the ejection of the die cap are noted on the high edges, but they too a trivial. Absolutely a masterpiece error (an oxymoron, but true). Worthy of the finest cabinet of errors.
Estimate: 20000-25000 USD
Victoria Error - Capped Die - Gothic Florin 1872 MS62 NGC (Photo-Certificate), Royal mint, KM746.2, S-3893. Obverse Die Cap. A jaw-dropping mint error, among the most dramatic we have seen on any world coin, and incredibly fortuitous that it happens to feature one of the world's most coveted designs, the Gothic-styled Victorian florin. The result of a flan curling around the obverse die and "capping" it, this impressive error exhibits a sharp rendering of Victoria at the bottom of a 5mm metallic basin, the edges curled up to display the reverse legends when viewed from the outside; they read: ONE FLORIN / ONE TENTH OF A POUND. On the outside of the cap, opposite Victoria's portrait, is a ghosting of the reverse centers, left only partially visible after the cap received multiple blows from a blank planchet.For obvious reasons, errors of this magnitude are extreme rarities; for their manufacturing to happen at all requires more than a little luck, but to make it out of the mint and avoid later destruction is nothing short of miraculous. The present coin is just that - a miracle. Moderate gray toned throughout with a touch of golden tone deep in the cap. Lightly handed int the semi-reflective fields surround Victoria, but its presence is by no means egregious. Several marks, likely from the ejection of the die cap are noted on the high edges, but they too a trivial. Absolutely a masterpiece error (an oxymoron, but true). Worthy of the finest cabinet of errors.
Estimate: 20000-25000 USD