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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I agree with trout. Slabbed predecimals seem to skyrocket in value for some stupid reason.
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Valued Member
Australia
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I just love the canberra florin , the best design ever, Erkle your raw coin is lacking a bit of detail in the steps,Sorry to me it looks like it might of had a bit of a clean IMO Please don't give me a  , as pcgs has given me plenty , I would keep it as a raw coin .If you are looking to buy a ms65 that will set you back around $500.If you have bags of money you can go for a proof one pr67 there is one up for grabs at heritage in April . |
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Valued Member
Australia
157 Posts |
Canberra florins approximate values in pcgs slabs,ms62 $80 ,ms63 $100 , ms64 $200 , ms65 $500 , ms66 $2700 and ms67 $4,000  ps, I am happy to collect slabs and raw coins canberra florin. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I've got a 1927 MS64 which is nice. The thing with raw vs. slabbed is people are paying because it's got a grade on it. They know (apart from the fact the some slabs have been forged/copied) that the coin is legit & has a specific grade on it. They will know how far the wear is.
I was collecting some slabbed, but I like raw coins.
What you should look at doing is getting a nice bunch of of raw coins together & contact the Purple Penny & pay them a few dollars to get them slabbed, that way you too can be on that side of the board. Semi-nice coins end up being above-nice coins when slabbed.
I'm tempted to slab a few for preservation sakes.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The only reason I can see for slabbing a MS60 to MS60+++ would be to justify it's sale price. Prices differences for MS60 to MS60+++ are huge, and can be open to dispute, therefore TPG is called in. I will just content myself with the MS60 (unslabbed) example in my collection. |
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Valued Member
Australia
318 Posts |
I'm all about raw. I started collecting sixpences that were slabbed, and I don't have any real connection to the coin. To me, they become plastic.
That said; I had the thought: Because Trout, you're right, you can buy raw a million times cheaper than slabbed same grade, it makes sense to buy them raw and slab em yourself!
BTW: I have a confession-
I wasn't overly a fan of this coin, but the more you post and comment about them, the more they are growing on me.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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BTW: I have a confession-
I wasn't overly a fan of this coin, but the more you post and comment about them, the more they are growing on me.
The appreciation for the design on this coin grows larger with every picture of it posted  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Your coin would grade AU58, unless it is a 1927 canberra florin which will grade MS64 or above it is not worth your while getting it slabbed (what you spend in slabbing you'll never recover in an increased sale price).
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Valued Member
Australia
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Sorry I got the coins confused, the PCGS coin I would have thought was only AU58, your coin looks cleaned potentially (really hard to tell with the images though).
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I have heaps of these in all grades but only 1 that I would call truely uncirculated. Unfortunately the dies must have been almost shot when this coin was struck,notice the weakness in the centre of parliment house.   I do have a couple of aUNC with excellent strike & beautiful toning. One day I will get a perfect 1. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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looks cleaned potentially (really hard to tell with the images though). Looks OK to me I would grade erkles as AU53 I have a couple or more of these and believe it or not the circulated ones are harder to find |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I do have a couple of aUNC with excellent strike & beautiful toning.
One day I will get a perfect 1.
Good luck with that, When one comes up the bidding will be ferocious |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Yeah I know but on ocassion they slip past the slabbers,the above coin I paid $55 for on a blurry photo & got lucky I believe.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I have seen a proof and a high MS coin alongside each other at an auction view day.
The detail in the steps was clearly better on the issued for circulation coin.
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Valued Member
Australia
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If there is anyone interested in looking at a nice 1927 Canberra proof pcgs pr67 There is one in heritage auctions in April , . 400 proofs were issued costing 2/6d , I bet a few pollies and big wigs got them for zip too,  sadly many of these proofs are impaired now I have seen them priced/sell from $5k to $35k, as for business strikes they numbered 2 million a fairly high mintage considering the population of Australian was around 6 million a the time. Edited by bellyflorin
02/17/2012 7:41 pm
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