1934\35 Melbourne Commemorative Florin - I Need Some Advise Please

Both are genuine Unc florins, however one coin is certainly overpriced, especially as it has a details grade and the other is from a major collector who is well known for preferring to dip his choice coins (a horrible thing in my book and a risk in getting the coin rejected as cleaned by the graders). For around the price of either of these 2 coins you could pick up at least an MS64+ or MS65 problem free graded florin and for around $500 you could get a MS64. Neither of the sellers is disreputable and I have happily purchased from narracan.
Dr David Briggs recently published a book ($80) on the florins and it includes the most detailed (by far) reference of every known die pairing of the Centenary florin.
PCGS are still hopeless at identifying Australian fakes and I know of numerous fakes that they have slabbed (I own a few fakes in PCGS slabs and had them tipped off last year about dozens of others). They are also pretty hopeless at consistency in grading as I maintain for comparison purposes multiple examples of the same coins and not infrequently find that some are overgraded and some are undergraded such that a coin with a lower grade may be better (strike, surface originality, eye appeal) than a coin that is one or more grades higher. Not insignificant when the price difference can be tenfold or more for even half a point difference (such as when I compare my multiple examples of 1962 sixpences in MS67 to my pricy MS67+ where the 67s cost a couple of hours wage but the 67+ was a few days wages)

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i trust Neal's judgement on this stuff, but its caveat emptor.

Do the research and you should be okay. Ask question of the seller those being genuine will reply or try to give clear photos and weights and size of the coins.

Hi Serenitystan, I guess you got a coin that was dipped and you were more than not happy. I don't know (I doubt) if Carlos (Euc-55) is a pathological liar but yes I avoid bidding on his coins purely because he likes them shiny and I like them natural (be that shiny, dull or heavily patinated).
ryurazu is correct about caveat emptor, if a sellers coins are all nice and shiny when you would expect most to be patinated (such as Geo V silver)then it is usually safe to assume that they have either been dipped or polished (or both)and bid accordingly. Carlos has top grade (Unc to gem) coins but they are mostly dipped.

I'd be interested in views of 292835273334 - a 1934/35 Melbourne Centenary florin.

Also, Neal, I'm noticing the " 5 " of the 1934/35 MCF being slightly different in that on some of the coins where the tip of curve of the " 5 " is either nearly touching the " 3 " of the " 35 " , or there's a small gap.

thanks in advance.

That has all indicators of an authentic coin.

Obverse photo needed.

Which is supposedly fake?

292835273334 does not look obviously fake to me but I won't claim to be an expert at picking fake centenary florins.

I have been fortunate enough to be invited to examine very high quality fake Melbourne Centenary Florins by a highly respected coin dealer,
and the on screen picture reminds me of a particular example that I examined very closely in hand.

Lack of wreath detail and luster, and overall 'pastiness' remind me of that example.
Tone ping test, weight, and finally XRF test if justified, would prove beyond ant doubt.

I am getting to the point that I would not buy a MCF on line, unless I knew the seller, and who would also provide a highly trusted free return policy.
The very high quality of fakes that I have seen recently, makes me insistent that I am able to examine the coin in hand and also have my own judgement verified with a professional opinion, or tested beyond doubt.