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alanint · 11-06-2015, 02:00 PM

A 1917 Erfurt toggle stamp would have the broken crown lobe by then, wouldn't it? The stamp looks amazingly crisp compared to overall toggle condition and the small cross on the top of the crown migrating into the radius cut on the edge of the link all look either bogus or "freshened" to me.

DonVoigt · 11-06-2015, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by alanint

A 1917 Erfurt toggle stamp would have the broken crown lobe by then, wouldn't it? The stamp looks amazingly crisp compared to overall toggle condition and the small cross on the top of the crown migrating into the radius cut on the edge of the link all look either bogus or "freshened" to me.

Is it a fact that Erfurt only had one toggle crown stamp?
I would have thought for their volume of production they would have multiple stamping stations.

I guess another way to ask is: do all late Erfurt examples have a broken crown?

That said the stamp is quite heavy and clear, maybe a replacement for the broken crown?

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11-06-2015, 02:00 PM	#1
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	A 1917 Erfurt toggle stamp would have the broken crown lobe by then, wouldn't it? The stamp looks amazingly crisp compared to overall toggle condition and the small cross on the top of the crown migrating into the radius cut on the edge of the link all look either bogus or "freshened" to me.