Date variations of the 1911 florin

Much to my surprise, I found three variations in the position and orientation of the date of the 1911 florin by examining just three specimens of the coin. I rescanned the coins at high resolution to illustrate the differences. The coins are presented in a different order from that of the previous page.

I started by making sure all three images were perfectly alinged. A vertical line should run from the gap between denticles 1 and 166 at the top of the coin to the gap between denticles 83 and 84 at the bottom. A horizontal line should join denticles 42 and 125. Click here for an example but be warned that the image is large (908 pixels square).

Next, I drew lines through the 3rd and 4th digits of the date and cropped the image to show just the area around the date. These images are presented below.

Three variations of the date on the 1911 florin
| F11L.2A.1 2nd 1 in date is almost upright (it leans ever so slightly to the right) and is positioned slightly to the left of a gap between two rim denticles. The two 1s converge.
| F11L.2A.3 2nd 1 in date is perfectly upright and is positioned almost directly over a rim denticle. The third 1 is slightly less slanted than in the specimen above and is aligned directly over the gap between two rim denticles.
| F11L.2A.2 2nd 1 in date leans perceptibly to the left and is aligned over the gap between denticles 81 and 82. The third 1 is slightly less slanted than in either of the two the specimens above and this together with the slope of the second 1 means the two are almost parallel.

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