Picked up a nice Brit 1 1

[Mr.Bill347]

1951 King George VI five shilling

[Mr.Bill347]

Another fine King George Vi Two Shilling interesting toning stripes across obverse 

[VKurtB]

I really like the reverses on both the Crown and the Florin.

[J P M]

On 5/22/2023 at 10:46 AM, Mr.Bill347 said:

Another fine King George Vi Two Shilling interesting toning stripes across obverse 

It looks like a cloth band was holding it in it's case or to a book or page.

[EagleRJO]

On 5/22/2023 at 10:46 AM, Mr.Bill347 said:

... interesting toning stripes across obverse.

Are any of the "toned" areas incuse, where it possibly could be a struck-thru.  Hit it with the scope.

On 5/22/2023 at 10:46 AM, Mr.Bill347 said:

 

Edited June 12, 2023 by EagleRJO

[powermad5000]

I agree with @J P M. That looks like a piece of cloth was covering the coin. Maybe it was just put in a cloth by the owner to protect it. Or it was stored in a cloth bag of some type.

[EagleRJO]

On 5/22/2023 at 11:08 PM, powermad5000 said:

That looks like a piece of cloth was covering the coin

I think it has a look associated with cloth for whatever reason.

[Mr.Bill347]

I’ll put it under the scope later on.

[Mr.Bill347]

Sorry It took so long to scope out this two shilling coin. As we discussed it looks as if some cloth pattern became part of the obverse of the coin.

Closer view seems to bear this out, however, there is no raised areas. Could it have been struck through cloth or a pice of cloth to cause this effect?

The lines almost appear to be pressed into the metal.

[EagleRJO]

On 6/12/2023 at 1:36 PM, Mr.Bill347 said:

The lines almost appear to be pressed into the metal.

If it's an incuse cloth-like pattern then it probably is a struck-through cloth.  I can't picture anything else producing that kind of incuse pattern on a limited area of the obverse.