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Nice additions triggers  |
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Some recent coins just added to my collection, thanks to Kena. Excellent! |
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A few silvers picked up to start the year off Well done. |
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I think the OBV on the 1920 Florin Zoo is spot on and was a really good buy as scarce like that.
I was told that some perhaps the first few were minted with a higher silver content and much better than the different metal mix ones that are weakly struck
Maybe that is one of them ?.
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 Pete One of the nicest 1920's I have seen. |
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Agreed. Excellent obverse detail.
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Yes obverse is well struck which sadly isn't the case for most of the 1911-1926 years. Apparently the only way to tell if these are .925 silver is by the tone it makes. yeah right so we are none the wiser on that lol. Reverse always weak on the lions heads BU examples suffer exactly the same fate. Picked up a reasonable 1925 Florin much better than the standard washer coins classed as VF or EF from the nonsense gang ;) so going in the right direction Better reverse strike on 1925 even on the worn coins the reverse stands up pretty well which is in complete contrast to the obverse which is one of if not the weakest. Even BU examples the hair detail on many is almost negligible   |
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Beautiful example zoo |
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Picked up a reasonable 1925 Florin much better than the standard washer coins classed as VF or EF from the nonsense gang Excellent! |
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XRF is available in many locations/cities at jewelers, etc. That will give you an alloy. In my experience the 50% coins of varied alloys has a bit of a yellow or even very slightly greenish tinge which is somewhat captured in your 1925 specimen. The Royal Mint was experimenting with alloys up through the the mid-1920s, but mainly as to what the alloy of the non-silver component was; the British Museum has/had several trays of these with alloys listed. Evidently, and the documentation is scarce, blanks were on occasion (how often?) "pickled" or placed in a light acid solution that blanched the planchets & thereby making the surface effectively a higher concentration of silver. I am not sure how this might affect surface fluoroscopy testing. BTW, if you can find it PCGS has graded a couple of the 1920 "duck-tailed milling" specimens, one in the florin and the other half crown denominations - these are listed in Bull... |
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Very nice! |
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Latest Half Penny 1899, I think it is exceptional condition. Especially considering it is 120 years old. Looks very nice to me! |
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Posted 01/29/2019 09:56 am
. Bought this awaiting the sellers comments. Supposed to be 1917 which obviously it isn't. wasn't a lot of money £10 posted. If it had been the 1917 would of been a steal. Hopefully he still has the 1917 which looked like 1913 tbh lol. I think he may have a number dyslexia disorder. Anyway here it is a nice toned original condition cartwheel lustre believe it or not. 1918 .925 Silver Sixpence.
