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SP-65... Nice coin  |
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I agree with coinfrog.
The Canadian master dies for George V1 effigy were more finely detailed than for the British homeland and other British Commonwealth countries.
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I don't like the rims - I have a specimen 1950 cent and it does not look anything like this one... those fields should be like mirrors (I did notice that posted in the other sub-forum about 1950 specimen set populations)...
If it is a specimen strike, then the only thing I can think is that you are showing scanner images, and not photographs...
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If it is a specimen strike, then the only thing I can think is that you are showing scanner images, and not photographs... Unfortunately these are photographs and not scans. It is in fact a specimen strike. ICCS said SP64. Which is also the reason I posted it here. Quote:
those fields should be like mirrors The fields do not have the mirror look I am used to in the few other George VI specimens that I have. However, looking at the lettering (especially under a magnifier), I can tell it has the characteristics of a specimen strike. Very sharp/squared, defined lettering. Not too sure what to do with it  |
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ICCS said SP64. ICCS is not always right... just saying' Bring it to a major coin show, where Sandy Campbell is set up as a dealer, and show it to him. He has seen more George VI specimen coins than anyone else, and see what he says... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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ICCS is not always right... just saying' That I'm sure of. I've spotted some mistakes a couple of times that luckily ended in my favour. As for Sandy, I'll show to it him in May at the Toronto expo |
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As for Sandy, I'll show to it him in May at the Toronto expo Hey if you are at the Coin Expo, pop by my table to say 'hello' as well...  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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spp-ottawa, how would PCGS deal with this coin? I have a feeling that they would not be as forgiving of the reverse as ICCS...
Feel free to call me Will.
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Difficult to say - I have yet to send my George VI specimen cents to PCGS... the 64 grade is probably good, but they might call it red-brown.
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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If your concerned about it not being a proof specimen strike, I'd sent it to PCGS IMHO. On top of being 100% sure, the slab gives it extra protection from wear and scratches that could occur when the coin is in the ICCS "bag".
EDIT: not a proof coin... ment to say specimen. Oops!
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12/04/2015 12:04 pm
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Would not the carbon spots affect the grade especially PCGS, where eye appeal is important.
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Would not the carbon spots affect the grade especially PCGS I think at a 64, it wouldn't really affect the whole eye appeal aspect. That being said, I think any higher would definitely have eye appeal impact the grade. But I can't say this for sure because I haven't sent any coins to PCGS yet. Quote:
If your concerned about it not being a proof specimen strike, I'd sent it to PCGS IMHO I will once I get enough to make it worth sending to PCGS |
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It doesn't look like a specimen coin to me, but that's tough to judge in photos.
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