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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
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Woah really... I'll post pics of mine when I have the time, I;m not even sure its UNC... But when I do post a pic, gimme your opinions..
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Valued Member
Australia
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If it came from Circulation, its NOT UNC... ;) I guess thats kinda obvious, but yeah, without seeing it, you'd have to probably lean more towards the aUNC Price..
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Rest in Peace
Australia
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So yea? (or yeah), the value in Macca's Guide is $50.00 at UNC
aUNC would be between 40-60% of that. Seems simple.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Here it is...   So what ya guys reckon?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Pics are too small to grade from really, could be EF to aUNC? Need bigger.
Edited by Learjet
03/02/2008 06:56 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I can't, cause I don't have a camera... From the listing that you said above, mine should be aUNC to UNC.. Cause it has exactly the same luster as his, and I'm pretty sure mine doesn't have that many scratches as his.. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Owh and anyways, I know its worth more than face, so I'm happy... |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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It's certainly much nicer than what we usually pick up by noodling. Most of the 66's I get are no better than VG. In the last noodle I picked up a VF 1967 and thought I did pretty well, but not as good as yours by a long shot.
Have to wonder where it's been all these years. Maybe someone decided to spend a mint set?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Yep I'd put my guess on that, or maybe been sitting in somebody's jar for a long time.. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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There are still oldies, but goodies to be found. I have just started putting together another 20¢ and 50¢ set and these are some of the better oldies I have pulled from circulation in the last month. Not perfect but look quite good. [Amazing how much worse they look in a scan whem they are up on screen larger than life!]   Now a question... Would anyone like to give me estimates of grading for these coins? I know it is probably hard from an uploaded scan that has to be <100kb but I am interested in getting some grading experience so I can eventually be confident to put grades on some of my coins. I would really appreciate some comments. Incidently reverses are same condition. thanks Jeff Edited by Jeff
03/08/2008 4:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I'm not good at grading decimals so I should probably shutup, but the first point of wear on young head QE2 coins is usually the middle crown jewels. Have a look under a strong magnification glass for wear in that spot. Light wear on the high points would give them an EF grade.
Most look circulated to some degree, except the 1971 50¢. Hard to tell from the scans but at that resolution it looks UNC.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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'71 50¢ does have some tiny (hard to see) marks but negligible wear that I can tell. I was thinking aUNC possibly. However I have quite a few 2007 20¢ from security rolls that are genuinely uncirculated and many of them have more marking than that.
What does confuse me is that grading guides refer to wear, lustre and (sometimes) rim damage but never seem to mention scratches or nicks!
I have looked in vain for a guide that has comparative pictures of the same type of coin(s) in different grades -that would be a big help.
And, if you look at the pictures, remember to click on them to blow them up to full size. That is as big as I could upload to forum without exceeding size limit.
Jeff
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Found this yesterday -as good a guide on grading as I have seen and with comparative photos. http://www.anda.com.au/documents/re...%20coins.pdfTip -select 100% zoom in Acrobat Reader or the photos will be jaggy. Better still, print out on good paper with your printer at best resolution. cheers Jeff Edited by Jeff
03/12/2008 6:52 pm
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Great stuff. Now we need something similar for the Decimals.
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Terrific posting Jeff. Well done.
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