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Brett2444
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Australia
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Hey guys I am very new to this.
THis coin belonged to my nan and I am wondering if it is anything special.
thanks
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Pillar Of The Community
Australia
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 Brett2444 Of course this is special because it belonged to your grandmother  It looks like it has been polished and that ruins any numismatic value that this coin would have had, But it was your Nan's so its value to you would be priceless
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New Member
Australia
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It was inside an old book that was bound shut.
What ways are their to tell if its been polished? Im just wondering what its worth even though im not selling it.
cheers
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Valued Member
Australia
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I would grade your coin as aVF, hard to see from the photos but I think it is an overdate. Even cleaned it would be worth $12-17. I note that it looks like someone has taken a wire brush to it at some point.
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Australia
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I would be grading this one F-gF.
Hare to tell if its an overdate but there is does look like there is a little spike from the end of the top stroke so it might be.
You can tell its been polished because of the colour. For a coin in this grade and of hat age you wold expect it to be somewhere from milk chocolate brown to dark chocolate brown. Yours is veryb coppery looking which is a give away its been cleaned.
Us coin collectors dont like our coins cleaned. Even if it is an over date I wouldn't think it would get anymore than $10 on eBay.
My advice would be to keep it because its your Nanna's and is special. Is this the year she was born?
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New Member
Australia
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yeah it was her birth year.
Just wondering what these grades mean?
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New Member
Australia
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Also what would it have been worth if it wasnt cleaned?
cheers
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Pillar Of The Community
Australia
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I think I may have been a little harsh on the grading originally. Im thinking gF-aVF after a second look.
If it is an overdate the it was probably worth $30-40
If it is just a normal 1933 penny it was probably worth $2 and might be worth 50c now.
Can you take a close up picture of the date for us so we can determine if its an overdate or not?
Coin grading rather deceptively starts at G (good) and progresses in order of VG (very good) - F (fine) - VF (Very Fine) - EF extremely fine - aUNC (about Uncirculated) - UNC - Uncirculated
There are intermediate grades between each to describe coins which are a bit better or dont quite reach a certain grade.
Prices usually increase exponentially as grade increases.
My grandmother was born in 1934. When I find a coin I like Dated that year and 1931 (my grandfathers birth year) theyre always that little bit more special.
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New Member
Australia
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 sorry that pic isnt very sharp, I can take a better pic tomorrow if you want
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Valued Member
Australia
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If you can get a close up pic of the right most number 3, this may also help http://www.australian-threepence.co...erdates.html |
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New Member
Australia
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to me it looks like an overdate
What are overdates worth in non cleaned condition?
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Valued Member
Australia
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just shove some dirt on it and it will be fine ;)
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Australia
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Whilst I cant tell 100% from the photos it look slike an overdate.
Worth $30-40 if it hadnt been cleaned.
Edited by enworb
06/24/2012 11:52 am
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Valued Member
Australia
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Yeah,looks like one of the varieties of a overdate,date looks funny thou.,may be just the photo/scan.
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Australia
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I don't think it is an over date from the scan the top curve of the last 3 is too high to be an over date.
I may be wrong (the pic is far too fuzzy to be exact with this) but I doubt it
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Take coin to dealers for appraisal is my advice
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Posted 06/24/2012 07:08 am
