1885 Newfoundland 50 W/ An Unusual Characteristic

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ThomasJefferson Valued Member United States 130 Posts	Posted 06/12/2012 10:37 am This piece will be included in a batch of coins I'l be submitting to ICCS at TOREX. In addition to the usual question of grade I'd like to solicit opinions on the unusual formation between the hair and eye. It's on the same plane as the hair and extends toward the eye. Do we think whatever this is will impact the grade? Also, is the speckled appearance of the reverse evidence of an old cleaning? The first image is a photograph; the next two are scans. Although my scanner seems to have a built-in Grade Reduction Mode, it outlines the formation in question nicely. Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 06/12/2012 12:14 pm Looks like a small piece has flaked off the flan, probably post mint. Does not worry me too much. Not familiar with the detail of this series. Will leave that to others. Report this Post to the Staff
tamarin Pillar of the Community Canada 576 Posts	Posted 06/12/2012 2:10 pm Nice coin! Looks like a dig above the eye with the misplaced metal resting at the bottom of the dig. It should go F-15. Scarce and a keeper! Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10463 Posts	Posted 06/12/2012 9:26 pm Is that weird toning on the reverse, or am I seeing a die clash? "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 Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 06/12/2012 10:07 pm tamarin: I will defer to your explanation. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9866 Posts	Posted 06/12/2012 10:20 pm Nice coin! VF20 Report this Post to the Staff
fredor Valued Member Canada 142 Posts	Posted 06/13/2012 5:37 pm Gonna say F15. Appears to be a Medium Date, Pointed 5 Variety, if memory serves me right Report this Post to the Staff
ThomasJefferson Valued Member United States 130 Posts	Posted 07/12/2012 10:38 am Update: The coins are back from ICCS. Life has taught me always to ballast my hopes but I thought this coin stood a good chance of breaking that difficult F-15 barrier. The other 5 coins in this submission were: CAN 1923 1c VF-20 Corrosion NFLD 1888 1c F-12 NFLD 1880 5c F-12 NFLD 1894 20c VF-20 Obv 1 PEI 1871 1c EF-45 Thanks for looking and commenting! Edited by ThomasJefferson 07/12/2012 10:39 am Report this Post to the Staff
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