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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I got this on Saturday and was looking for grading opinions.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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unc, is it a proof? thats a strange looking frosted appearance to the obverse
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Would be UNC if it did'nt have the scuffing on the cheek,eyebrow & a little on the hair,might still make UNC but you'll have to wait for Walter or one of the other pro's to tell you for sure.
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Australia
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At first glance i'd say the surfaces are MS64/65 but there is some rub on the cheek which might knock it down 1 or 2 grades, it looks very different from most 3d's I have seen, so I will say that it is MS64 (assuming it hasn't been polished/dipped), it's very hard to tell from the images though and i'll defer to a collector of 3d's (as 1940's 3d's aren't really my collecting area).
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I recon this is at least MS-64/Choice UNC or maybe better. Looks like a weak strike on the obverse. Crappy pic's but you can still see the lustre some rub but a sweet coin  Nice coin enwarb  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
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I'll try and take a better picture of the onverse that shos the lustre a bit later. Thanks for the opinions so far.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I'd say its probably only MS63 because of the scuffing on the obverse
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I'd say its probably only MS63 because of the scuffing on the obverse Nothing wrong with being only a MS63 coin, Most of these little buggers got shoved through gas meters and got knocked up. By the look of this particular coin I recon it will do better than MS63 |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I notice that the image of the King is often very weak with coins of the early war years, from the Melbourne Mint.
Find a strong King's image of a Melbourne Mint '42 threepence, and you have a coin valued at $hundreds.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I think this photo might be a little better. The obverse does have full cartwheel lustre other than the cheek which has that slight rub on it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The coin's Unc but that scuffing on the cheek will restrict it to a lower MS grading, probably MS63.
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Posted 10/01/2012 07:52 am
