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Pillar of the Community
Australia
908 Posts |
Hi all .just received this one that was saved from the melting pot and would appreciate grading opinions thanks   |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
2180 Posts |
EF reverse, F obverse maybe.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3546 Posts |
stevo,
I will only go a F-12 since I cannot see at least six pearls on the crown.
It might make a VF-20 if differently shown lighting uncovers greater detail.
By the way this is my very first attempt to grade an Australian coin so I may be way off on my grade.
It is a nice coin, however, and I would not mind having something similar to this in my own collection.
mdpmedia
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Valued Member
Australia
90 Posts |
A very nice example. I'd grade it aEF overall, with a strong reverse. Should there be some original lustre hiding under the tone then EF overall would be about right.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
Looks EF to me. A bit too dark for liking.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
541 Posts |
It's a borderline MS, I'd be interested to see how PCGS grade it or if they no grade it for environmental damage (if I recall the previous owner said there was no lustre at all so the oxidation is quite extensive). Quote:
I will only go a F-12 since I cannot see at least six pearls on the crown. I wouldn't rely too heavily on the pearls, for some dates, coins as low as VF almost always have 8 pearls (e.g. the 1923 half penny - though these are often overgraded due to their scarcity - a true Aussie VF should cross to a PCGS XF40), while some dates sometimes only show 4 pearls in UNC (e.g. 1920 half penny). Also those 8 pearls = EF, band = F grading hints don't apply to Edward VII issues. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1607 Posts |
Obvious wear all over drops it to VF/gVF for me Stevo.
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
908 Posts |
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It's a borderline MS Very hard to tell even in hand.The reverse seems to have very little if any wear and the obverse looks to me like a soft strike but overall I think it was worth a punt |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
541 Posts |
The missing detail on the obverse is without a doubt due to a soft strike, the question is whether there is actually some wear there at all.
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Pillar of the Community
1119 Posts |
is there a tiny bit of rubbing on eddies shoulder?, I tend to think its very close to unc.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
908 Posts |
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is there a tiny bit of rubbing on eddies shoulder?, I think that is just a reflection of light .It does have a few small bag marks because I think it was recovered from a group of coins that were going to be melted |
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Valued Member
Australia
64 Posts |
I would grade it as WIOI using the G scale
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
674 Posts |
Above all else is the fact it has been 'saved' from the melting pot.! Well done.!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
908 Posts |
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it has been 'saved' from the melting pot .! And returned home where it belongs |
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Posted 10/12/2012 04:23 am
