I have always appreciated the Zimmermann crosses, due to their massive still elegant appearence. Throught the yeras I have collected eight in my collection, sure to have well sorted the different frames and cores. However, given my still short experience and “eye”, the more I try to study the frames, the more i get confused, even reading some posts and updated literature.
Maybe, the posting of compared pictures of my crosses can be a good chance - for me and other collectors as well – to better catch and focus the main features of these crosses.
First the CORES: as far as I have understood, we have two cores: early type has fat numbers (resembling S&L); the later type, probably due to a rework of the dies, has slim numbers.
According to this, my crosses are: early type: A to E; later type: F to H (provided that a mix of obverse and reverse might even occur).
About the FRAMES, again there are two generations. But I haven’t unserstood how to exactly tell one from the other! Hence, I leave to more experienced eyes the judgement of the beadings and their wear. I just notice that B, C, F clearly show flaws on the lower beading under the date.
Only the cross A is marked “6.“
Experts are welcome, thanks a lot
Maybe, the posting of compared pictures of my crosses can be a good chance - for me and other collectors as well – to better catch and focus the main features of these crosses.
First the CORES: as far as I have understood, we have two cores: early type has fat numbers (resembling S&L); the later type, probably due to a rework of the dies, has slim numbers.
According to this, my crosses are: early type: A to E; later type: F to H (provided that a mix of obverse and reverse might even occur).
About the FRAMES, again there are two generations. But I haven’t unserstood how to exactly tell one from the other! Hence, I leave to more experienced eyes the judgement of the beadings and their wear. I just notice that B, C, F clearly show flaws on the lower beading under the date.
Only the cross A is marked “6.“
Experts are welcome, thanks a lot
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