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This cost me $50. It is better than what I have, how did I do    |
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Looks nice to me. Its hard to tell from the scan if there are light scratches on the obverse at the base of the portrait and at the 1 in 1971 or if it is something else. 1971 is a hard year for 20c and yours is a heck of a lot better than any I have ever seen in circulation. I think $50 is around the mark.
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Might have been a good one here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...p=true&rt=nc or, maybe not, if the photo is anything to go by.  Here is the best one I have ever noodled. I think yours is a very good one. Not so sure about the price though. Looks very close to UNC; shoulder creases not fully crisp.  Jeff |
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Looks nice Trout,few little marks & a little bit of discolouring on the hair swirls above the ear when you blow the pic up,maybe from being in a mint set/red wallet or it could be the scan showing it in slightly different colour.,but still a very nice coin.  Edited by appleangel07
08/22/2012 02:43 am
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how did the 54 florin turn out?
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how did the 54 florin turn out?
Not too bad will send a scan later, I have to catch up with a few mates will send blurry (to my eyes) pics later  |
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Very nice 20c piece Trout and Jeff.
Tough coins to come by this good. The mint set ones would be prone to pvc damage.
Would gladly pay upwards of $50 for a choice / gem piece.
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how did the 54 florin turn out? Turned out quite nicely, $12.30 including postage for this one. I'm guessing MS62 or better   |
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The 1971 20 cent is the hardest to find in circulation; other than 1983-4-5. To have found one that good is a nice bonus, Jeff I only find well worn examples, and only 2 or 3 show up in a $100 bag. To pay $50 for yours, trout is probably what you'll need to pay to get one that nice - someone'll need to bust up a mint roll to get good coins nowadays, the PVC mint set ones can be a bit kakky  |
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That looks really good, no dings in the rim or obvious wear. That's a good buy |
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Hard to get in that condition. I think $50 is reasonable.
I've noodled 5, but I have no idea as to their grade. I am fairly sure they are not as nice as Jeff's.
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08/22/2012 10:05 pm
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All mint sets contain specimens,any coin from one should be well struck with minimal scratches.
PVC packaging had little effect on the cupro nickel coins unlike the coppers
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All mint sets contain specimens,any coin from one should be well struck with minimal scratches.
PVC packaging had little effect on the cupro nickel coins unlike the coppers At the risk of sounding argumentative PJ I'll have to say you're wrong on both counts. Remember that a "specimen" is a way of striking and handling a coin and can also include special treatment of the coin blank. Specimen is not a grade. The RAM stopped putting specimen coins in mint sets sometime in the 1980's. You only need to crack open a few early 1990's mint sets to realise the coins are pretty badly bag-marked. We've looked through a lot of late 80's and 1990's mint sets looking for good coins and it's not unusual to find NO good ones in a set. And PVC DOES affect cupro nickel. Sure it doesn't make the coins go black like copper but it can destroy the lustre. The acidic effects of PVC residue can etch the surfaces of copper nickel coins to an extreme enough extent to not only remove the lustre but effectively destroy the surfaces. Someone you and I know quite well had a complete decimal collection ruined by a PVC album including the cupro-nickel coins. And in the interests of getting this thread back on topic here's a neat 1971 20c I paid 50x face value for. Plus it was struck through wire :)  Edited by markn
08/26/2012 06:08 am
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How come 71's are so valuable (I just found one in my collection!)?
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Whilst I am not a collector of decimal coins I am still intrigued by the various variations and rarities available and in particular the great information provided by the members.! Congratulations to you all.!
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Posted 08/22/2012 02:21 am
