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Valued Member
United States
75 Posts |
Got this off the E of Bay the other night for a low 10 bucks.. mintage of only 38,400... nice pick up if I do say so myself!  |
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Valued Member
United States
156 Posts |
I like it. These maritime issues seem to be very affordable in comparison to their low mintage numbers. There must be comparative few collectors out there.
Your avatar is an eye-catcher, too.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
Hi, I think this the "wide date" variety for 1947, which carries a premium in my catalog. I collect NFLD coins too, and find them very difficult to grade from pics. Your particular example has a nice strike with intact denticles (often mushy in the 40s). A detail of the crown might better indicate grade, but I'm leaning towards EF--or better?  My Charest 2008 Catalogue lists the wide date at CAD$17.50 in EF40.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
 It's hard to grade Newfoundland coins from pics but, I would also say EF for a grade. Also, the Canadian Coin News has EF @ $25.00 |
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Valued Member
Canada
304 Posts |
would anyone try cleaning this coin, either with a good olive oil soaking or careful, gentle soap and water cleaning? The dirt is not that old and it looks to me like it might come off without damaging the lustre...or am I nuts?
Nice find BTW and I'd give it a EF-45 or AU-50; there is little wear anywhere and 8 clear pearls on the crown rim. Gorgeous!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
I don't think olive oil would do much on a silver coin, but one might try a quick soak in acetone. If there's surface grime, that might loosen it--but I wouldn't attempt to remove the dirt in "5 CENTS 1947" Even if that were carefully removed (a risky affair nonetheless), the underlying surface might be brighter and look cleaned. This particular George VI bust wears differently than the KGV bust, and I would define an AU by the presence of the small jewels on the crown rim, just visible in the photo below. That's the first detail to go with wear, along with high points of the hair near the ear. Those details might be there on your coin--I can't tell from the pic. Nice one!  Edited by DVCollector
02/17/2009 12:13 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
75 Posts |
OK, in an attempt to get a better image....well... I took another one! I gave the coin a quick dip in Acetone and used a qtip to roll the crud out from in between the letters and such. Most came off but some didn't. The reason the coin looked "washed out" or without luster was because it had some film on it which I think was part of the crud. Either way, I also took the picture at an angle to get the light reflecting off of it more. Not sure I did any better with this picture or not... but it is what it is...  |
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Valued Member
United States
75 Posts |
The jewels are on the crown rim but it has two small dings on the obverse near the "G" in "GRA".... There is also a line, I wouldn't say scratch, under teh "Cents" on the reverse... Not sure what it is... it isn't a die crack.... maybe something going on with the die when struck?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
Regarding the line on the reverse under "CENTS", a lot of these have raised polish/tooling marks in that area. Based on what I see around the crown, I think your coin is probably an AU50-55. It also looks like you got a little dirt off without doing anything obvious.  Edited by DVCollector
02/17/2009 9:59 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
304 Posts |
Trends puts the AU-50 at $55, not bad for a $10 ebay find! |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1077 Posts |
That's a nice looking coin! Much better for the cleaning in my opinion, but then I'm a big fan of that. (Shhh! don't tell anyone, they'll have me kicked off the forum!)
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Valued Member
United States
75 Posts |
Well I think that acetone is an acceptable practice for most folks. I wouldn't put it in a harsh cleaner or take a brilo pad to it!
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New Member
United States
22 Posts |
I love the Newfoundland coins. The low mintages it seems to me would make them more valuable then they are. I tried selling some 50 cent pieces in vg condition at my coin club meeting yesterday and got no reponse. I was only asking $7 each. Was this to much? What are they selling for in Canada? Thanks for any info. Olmanjon
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Valued Member
Canada
304 Posts |
Olmanjon, Trends has them at $7.00 in VG for 1904-1919, but most sales are based on Trends less 25-40% depending on demand. If you're sure of the grade, $5 might get some interest. Are your grades based on what the guy who sold them to you claimed?
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New Member
United States
22 Posts |
No they weren't. Actually I traded a couple of 2-1/2 dollar us gold pieces for a collection of new foundland and canadian large cents and these were among the sets. I am a conservative grader and graded these myself. Grading didn't seem to be the problem-just a complete lack of interest at this coin club. I am going to take some of them down to my other coin club next sunday and try again. By the way I just sold all of the 50 cent pieces for what I was asking. This person is a member here-perhaps he will comment on the conditions when he receives them. Olmanjon
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