View attachment 16040View attachment 16040Generally when photographed goldtops display the top carve a lot better than sunbursts and plain tops so there may be a degree of conjecture as to an exact year maybe?
Yeah, some good things were made that year,..MuahahahahaView attachment 16041
Great carving of 1982 30th Anniversary Goldtop
How many other 59's you played matched the carve of the first one ? If any did most likely notI'm not so sure about any that I've seen. They fix one area, then another suffers.
i actually changed the carve on my #1 to match (close as I could) to the first '59 I ever played.
Here's the 50's top carve machine on the right is the master pattern looks to me not capabilities of repetition are minimal !
There is no correct copying one 59 carve is just that .View attachment 16048