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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Just picked up this oner and I'm hoping it grades to at least EF   |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I hope for your sake I'm wrong but a little while back quite a few 1939 roo halfpennies popped up with funny looking lustre. It was either dipped or painted some how. Yours look eerily familiar. Here is a link https://goccf.com/t/108740 from back when I joined CCF showing the one I purchased. I later found this one to be one of those with the fake lustre. It just didnt look right and two dealers here in Adelaide agreed it was dipped or something. I have since seen several on ebay more specifically several from the one seller, dodgy? I think so... I hadnt seen a any for a few months until now. If its genuine lustre (and I really hope it is) then it looks at least EF. Edited by enworb
12/16/2012 04:03 am
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Pillar of the Community
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I hope it's OK.I've bought a high grade florin from this guy before which was OK
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The more I look at it the more I cringe. Fingers crossed though!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
908 Posts |
I know these ones with lustre can look a bit off if not photographed properly as I have a
PCGS MS63 example that looks exactly the same as the one above in a particular photo of it
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Lustre can be a tough thing to photograph. I'm just suspect of this issue in particular due to the number of strange looking ones I've seen. Hopefully its fine, probably will be.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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This coin appears unculated to me!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I would have said aUNC myself, maybe even UNC.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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 the only real detracting marks are the marks behind the kings eye otherwise in my oppinion I would put it at aUNC/UNC at least |
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Australia
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There's no lustre evident in the photo so either it's been cleaned or the photo is hiding it, in which case the photo would hide any fine detracting marks too. I personally wouldn't buy a coin from such a photo because it leaves too much to chance - the coin could be anywhere from a cleaned gVF to a nice UNC.
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Valued Member
Australia
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 I dont know what year this one is from , but I hope it was not a 1939 roo penny .. ,, kel ,,  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
908 Posts |
Kel I think that one is a penny as the roo is facing the wrong way
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Valued Member
Australia
428 Posts |
steve ,is it only the
1939 roo penny that faces the different way ? left to right ?
,, kel ,,
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
908 Posts |
Pennies facing to the left and halfpennies to the right
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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gVF maybe aEF, looks like this has been cleaned (brown spots on reverse) and darkened areas on the fields. Uncleaned would go AU55-AU58. You can't win them all Steve old mate  |
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I think I'll reserve judgement until I see it in hand
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Posted 12/16/2012 04:06 am
