More Methods To Detect A Genuine Straits Settlements 1920 King George V 50 Cents "DOT" Variety.
During my recent trip to down south, Mr. Chen, a Singapore numismatist. He is a very senior and serious collector of Straits Settlements variety coins.
I was very lucky to be given a chance to share his experience and knowledge of how to detect a genuine
Straits Settlements 1920 King George V 50 Cents "DOT" Variety.
He told me beside the normal 3 tips, they are an other two ways to do the cross checking.
The Normal 3 Tips:
1) On a genuine "DOT" coin, the "dot" below the bust of King George V is always in oval shape. If it is a perfect round "dot", likely it was a retouched "dot" on a usual "cross" below the bust. A retouched "dot" is always a smaller and perfect round "dot".
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| 1920 KGV 50 CENTS 'DOT' VARIETY |
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| 1920 KGV 1920 NORMAL COIN WITH "CROSS" |
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| 1920 KGV 1920 NORMAL COIN WITH A RETOUCHED ROUND 'DOT' ON THE "CROSS". The black foreign substances surrounded the retouched "dot"were used to cover the repaired job. |
2) On a genuine "DOT" coin, the dentils at the rim is always deformed from 2 o'clock to 7 o'clock position on the reverse. Whereas, a normal 1920 50 cents KGV coin is always with perfect dentils at the rim on both the obverse and the reverse.
3) On a genuine "DOT" coin, that is always a small "dot" can be found between the date "19 & 20" (1920) on the reverse.
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| 1920 KGV 1920 NORMAL COIN WITH "CROSS", NO SMALL "DOT" VISIBLE. |
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| 1920 KGV 50 CENTS 'DOT' VARIETY WITH A SMALL "DOT" VISIBLE. |
Extra 2 Tips
1) On a genuine "DOT" coin, the "HYPHEN" after the date "1920" is always deformed. A normal "Cross" 50 cents will always exhibits a perfect "HYPHEN".
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| 1920 KGV 1920 NORMAL COIN WITH "CROSS", WITH A PERFECT "HYPHEN" |
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| 1920 KGV 50 CENTS 'DOT' VARIETY WITH A DEFORMED "HYPHEN". |
2) On a genuine "DOT" coin, after the "HYPHEN", that's always an other small "dot" can be seen at the tail of the letter "S" of the wording "SETTLEMENTS".
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| 1920 KGV 50 CENTS 'DOT' VARIETY WITH A SMALL "DOT" VISIBLE AT THE TAIL OF THE LETTER "S" |
I hope these "TIPS" will benefit you ! Happy NIEWMISMATICS !!
During my recent trip to down south, Mr. Chen, a Singapore numismatist. He is a very senior and serious collector of Straits Settlements variety coins. 
I was very lucky to be given a chance to share his experience and knowledge of how to detect a genuine Straits Settlements 1920 King George V 50 Cents "DOT" Variety.
He told me beside the normal 3 tips, they are an other two ways to do the cross checking.
hello sir
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interesting post! hope you keep update it. it is very handy and helpful for all of us. hope you can also mention the price range of the coins. tq.
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