Need Help With 1826 George IV Shilling

You still think that was an AT lol, oh well, each to their own I suppose
I would be very interested also in your opinion of the grade of the posted coin, might want to get your eyes tested first though, glasses may be in order .
On a side note, have you ever considered going to some really good coin fairs and looking at better coins ? I see your an expert from the advise you give out but no one ever stops learning in this 'game' - that includes me as well as you.
Feel free to PM me so as not to remove from the direction of the OP.

Regards,

Met

Thank you all for your reply.

My 4 $ coinscale from China says it's 28.23 g. :)

Hi Met. As Peter suggested, I just picked that coin off the (then) current listings ebay as an example of what could be bought cheaply, but in a slightly better grade than some of the earlier examples.

I certainly wasn't holding it up as an examplar of the series!

And while, as if you've seen a few of my posts you'll know, I specialise in late hammered coins and claim no expertise in milled coinage, you did ask: I'd grade it no better than a (British) good VF. As you say, wear to rim, lions' noses etc. Sound about right?

Opinions? Go for it! Almost everything here (apart perhaps from things like mintage numbers and the weighs of coins) is an opinion. A forum is a place for an exchange of ideas and your opinions are as welcome as anyone else's as far as I'm concerned.

As for anti-American, I can't say I've noticed that. I have noticed from this forum that collecting in the US appears occasionally different from in the UK. There's quite a bit of focus on NCLT and precious metals I've not seen in the UK. Slabbing/TPGS of course. And with only post-1970 coins circulating, CRH can't be as satisfying in the UK as in the US! But diversity makes the hobby interesting! Well, a lot more interesting than if we all collected the same thing, eh? (Cheaper too!)

OK, I have to admit that got me curious and I just had to go look! After all, 'monster' toning is a matter of some discussion and interest on some UK coin forums.

So just out of interest I looked back at all milled silver coins offered by Spink in their Numismatic Circular between October 2003 and December 2006. Number of coins that look like the one mentioned above - none. I guess we must photograph our coins differently.

The closest I could find, as might be expected, were proofs from the Gothic series, but even those didn't have the striking colours of that half-crown.

And the only ones that were even remotely colourful (blue) were a collection of four proof long sets (from one collector) and a few pieces of Victorian silver that had been graded by NGC out of another (single) collection.

Conclusion? As I say, these coins aren't my area of interest. So I don't feel experienced enough to make a 'pronouncement'. But I think I mentioned somewhere else here that I do find it interesting that you find colourful coins where they are popular and there's a market for them, but not where they are not ...

*shrug*

Nice cinquefoil stops crown.
What price is it?
I will give it VF.
It may well of been given the acetone treatment to lose its 170 years of crud but I haven't a problem with this.
These are very sought after coins in EF+.

I'll go along with VF, and it has eye appeal too, which is a key factor for me! :)

To be honest with you, at least when looking at the images on my phone, I can't see that very much has actually been DONE at all? The most it may have had is a soak which, even if acetone was used, would do little more on a silver coin than remove grease and residues! I think removing potentially damaging residues would be accepted practice anywhere, museums included!