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All right, inspired by this post in the US coin section https://goccf.com/t/135428and entering the same situation myself sorting through my grandfathers collection, I thought I should start my own thread and then try and put up pictures as often as I can about what I am sorting through. I would like to apologize in advance as some of the coins might not be Canadian, but I assure you that the majority will be. So please don't be too upset if the occasional German or Irish coin end up in here. Please offer up ANY and all information you might have on any coin I post. Assume that I am a complete newcomer and don't have the foggiest about any of the coins and you probably won't be wrong often.  To start off a 1917 25 cent Newfoundland coin   Sorry for the ugly pictures. Still working out exactly the best way to take them. Honestly, before I started digging through this collection I had no idea that Newfoundland had their own coin system. It totally makes sense now that I think about it. Learn something every day. Thanks for looking Chewy |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice Newfoundland coin, chewy_27.. keep the pics coming. And.. Welcome to the Forum..  |
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Pillar of the Community
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welcome,
check to see if your camera has a 'macro' setting, will help get focused close ups
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Pillar of the Community
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That 1917 looks like it is in fantastic condition....pictures fuzzy but looks like a lot of luster too. Dont clean anything.
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OH YES...... |
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Thanks for the suggestions. Don't clean anything, thankfully that is one that I figured out before I did something silly, but good plan mentioning it samsnate. I am on the macro setting Wade. All righty. I managed to get access to a better camera. Now the detail looks great, but this 1909 Canadian 50 cent piece should be silver and not look gold. I think it might be the lighting I am using.   This is the shape that the majority of my coins are in I would say. Still very legible, but very worn. I think the vast majority of the coins that I have came from circulation and have that "well loved" look. Wear like this makes a coin to be graded around G correct? Edited by chewy_27
12/13/2012 8:19 pm
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And now some 1916 large cents. I think this colouring looks a lot more natural.   Taking pictures of coins sure is a lot harder than you think it should be. |
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Your dime seem to be a 1963.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:
Your dime seems to be a 1963. But.. It could've been a 1969 large date.   |
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Thanks for the information guys. At least that gives me a little bit of an idea. Does this happen on coins on a regular basis at all?
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So here are a couple of a Wellington Half Penny Token. I think my picture taking is slowly getting better.   Thanks again for everyone looking. I do have a couple questions though. #1 - That 1909 Canadian 50 Cent coin is what a lot of my collection is like. Fairly heavily worn. Am I correct is thinking that a coin like that grades in the G-4 range? #2 - Does the "missing year" thing that happened on that dime happen often? Am I right to think that is an example of stuck through grease that I have heard about? |
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You already know not to clean coins. That's good.
One amazing reason I just thought of is that coins, even though they may be "dirty" and with dates not legible, can still be dated through other means. There are many indicators of date without needing the date to be on there for the average beginner. This is where varieties can become clear to the owner. Things like monarch, metal content, shape of the leaves, orientation of a letter pointing to some dots (!), can tell you about the coin and its value. So don't clean your coins because you may have a rare date rendered sadly valueless.
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That 50 cent looks like a G, but "Good" G. Silhouettes indicate the G, and once you start getting more details like in the face and hair then you move on to VG.
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Thanks for the feedback Libertad. It is hard when you are starting out trying to figure out exactly how to grade your coins. Lots of things to know and such a wide variety of coins and values associated with them. Pretty overwhelming for a newbie. Although, I am slowing starting to feel like I am getting a grasp on what I have in this collection. Here are a couple pics of an 1897 Nickle. The one side seems to have a bit of a glare. Photography is better, but still not good.   |
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So many coins to go through and figure out what is what. Having a great time with it. Going through a collection like this, no matter how bad a shape it is in, certain does make me feel a lot closer to my grandfather. Knowing that he picked each one of these coins himself is a good feeling. The next coin my my "adventure" is a 1947 Massey Harris Good Luck Token.   There are a number of this kind of thing in the collection. Ones from cities or townships in Ontario for some special date or some celebration like the Calgary Stampede. Most of the actual coins that are money I have been able to get a pretty good handle on the values of, but things like this seem to be a bit more difficult. Thanks again for looking. |
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