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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just got this the other day and was wondering what everyone here thought about it. Thanks in advance.   Edited by jakeW
10/21/2012 4:19 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not really a grader but I'm not sure it's BU. Looks like it was photographed in full sun which is not necessarily the best lighting to snap coins. In a BU I'd expect to see more detail in the (KG5's) hair and Britannia's robe. For sure we would see the full cross on the shield.
I'd try to take more pics in different lighting.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I was making allowances for a poor scan, however, the farthing being smaller than the penny has a less detailed design.
I see a perfectly good cross on the shield.
There is (I've just noticed) a suspicion of a verdigris spot above the ear.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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What does RB mean and how do you assess it, please ?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
2180 Posts |
Red brown or something like that I think. Not sure how to assess it though.
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New Member
United Kingdom
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I don't think this coin is brilliant uncirculated it looks more like vf to ef to me. The hair is worn
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Pillar of the Community
United States
686 Posts |
The color looks right, maybe worn die, maybe I am wrong. 30 - 80 percent original copper color is what I would call RB.
PS. I do not buy red coins because unless one keeps them in nitrogen they will eventually be RB.
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New Member
United Kingdom
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I think it's almost BU. The hair on all George V's bronze and silver coins was poor design, weakly struck and wore away very quickly.
Incidentally, the farthing and threepence is even worse than the rest of the coins, probably their size reduces the space available for the design.
It's very difficult to photograph or scan the obverse so that it shows up all the hair detail.
I've often bought undergraded coins from people (not experienced dealers), that aren't aware of this. The US and Canada are great places to buy George V.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The colour is right for red BU, but it seems to be very weak strike. The definition in Britannia's legs and the King's beard is not there.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
689 Posts |
Haven't seen this post in awhile but yes it is hard to photograph, I use my phone camera but have to use a lower mega pixel setting to meet the 100kb perameters for pics. I'm quite positive it is BU its much more red in person I had to shoot a darker pics to try and get some more details but in hand I don't see any friction marks or signs of wear. Thanks for all the replays!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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For a coin to be given RD by a TPG it needs to be very red. This one wouldnt cut it as RED IMO |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Bronze is bronze,copper is copper ...  |
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Posted 10/22/2012 12:30 pm
