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Yehud with portrait and owl (GBC 426 - TJC 4 to 13)
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191 specimens listed
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THE 3 BEST SPECIMENS
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1. H-426 obverse dies
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Die
O1
Composite picture:
Connected to R1:
At this step, a die break appears on R1. Die O1 is now in a degraded state
Connected to R5 (O1 is in a very degraded state):
Connected to R6 (O1 is in an extremely degraded state):
Connected to R7:
Connected to R14:
Connected to R17:
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Die
O2
Composite picture:
This amazing die is debated in the David Hendin's column (The Celator, August 2007)
Connected to R2:
Connected to R8 (O2 is in a degraded state):
Connected to R3 (O2 is in an extremely degraded state):
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Die
O3
Composite picture:
a) Connected to R4, before the die break:
b) Connected to R4, after the die break:
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Die O4
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Die O5
a) Connected to R3
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..Die O6
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..Die O7
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..Die O8
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Die O9
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The obverse die is not visible (off centered or in very poor condition)
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2. H-426 reverse dies
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Die R1
a) Before the die break:
b) After the die break (the evolution of the break is shown):
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Die R2
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Die R3: Tiny owl, large letters.
a) Before the die breaks (or just appeared):
b) After the die breaks
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Die R4: Entirely retrograde
a) Before the die break:
b) After the die break:
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Die R5: Variety: The flower is upright
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Die R6: Variety: Retrograde inscription (Type 1)
a) Before the die break:
b) During the die break (very sudden, not progressive at all):
c) After the die break:
The reverse of the following coin has been ONLY struck by the right part of the broken die!
NOTE: I am not sure it was deliberate. Because the workers struck coins hurriedly, they probably did not immediately remark that the die had just been broken (see previous coin) and that the left part of the broken die (probably) fell. But I am pretty sure that the following coin is the last specimen ever struck by this pair of dies (the portrait on the obverse die - O1 - was ruined anyway)
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...Die R7: Variety: Very crude
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..Die R8
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..Die R9
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Die R10: Retrograde and crude inscription
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Die R11: Very crude inscription
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Die R12: The 1st and 3rd letters are transposed
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Dies R13 to R18: Each of the following specimens has been struck by a different die