Antvwala, the interest thing is that
CNG auction was from 10 years ago -- August 2013. Numis Corner bought the coin and immediately offered it on
eBay. I remember because I made an offer way back then, which was declined. It has remained for sale on
eBay ever since -- for almost 10 years! So although the coin is quite unusual, it seems that it is not regarded as very collectable. Even in the
CNG auction, the coin only received the absolute minimum bid. I have another coin from the same
obverse die. I have looked for others over the years, but I have not found any. The hypothesis that this was an intentional variant would get a boost if we could find a second die. Until then, it is only a hypothesis.