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Canada
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Share your opinion on my $5 1914 HS! Much appreciated! And please note that I took the pics at an angle and lighting showing as much imperfections as possible, which honestly doesn't show while I look at it in hand! [URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/109/20130310024114lls.jpg/]  [/URL] [URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/441/20130310024508lls.jpg/]  [/URL] |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Not a real good picture to grade off. A larger picture of the obverse would be needed to give a acurate grade. From what I can see I will say MS-62. Your coin has great luster and a beautiful reverse. Definitely better than MS60 and a real nice coin.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Definitely a problem if you happen to disagree with the grading of the coin noted on a slab.
It it possible to take this coin out of it's capsule?
Great pictures, anyway. On the basis of these,
I will run with all of the comments wireman09 has made.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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regardless of the grade, I'm VERY happy with this coin! it has lots of meaning to me!
the price paid for it was not that high, I pay almost the same for regular sovereigns, this has more meaning and significance to me as a Canadian than the British sovereigns minted in Canada.
Thanks for the opinion folks!
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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AHH.. Gold... soft metal, hard to grade, pictures could be bigger to really be able to tell.. but, looks MS-63 or so.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Probably a 63 sounds about right. We'd need a sharp image of the obverse to give a more accurate assessment.
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Canada
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Yeah I know! but for some reason my S3 cant get a good pic for coins!
but honestly, pretty much all the bag marks and necks seen on this coin is what is on the coin. Nothing is not shown.
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Canada
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Here I managed to get two close pics using a loupe!   |
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Canada
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Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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Thanks for the opinions so far!!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I know grading is subjective however opinions are all over the board when it comes to grading these gold coins.
I heard from AU right up to MS 63 for this gold coin.
Normally when grading silver or nickel etc we are all in the same ball park however this is not the case with these gold coins.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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To date I do believe that your gold coin has the cleanest fields of all the photos posted on this thread however the King's face and neck have been beaten up a little.
Very nice coin moejaber!
Edited by darryldarryl
03/18/2013 4:44 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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yes, speculations and opinions over these coins are pretty high!and the King does look like he's been beaten up by the commoners :P but check this PCGS site where the show examples of grading gold coins http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Dr...st5SE/Gradesif you look at the observe of a MS63 you'll notice lots of bag marks and knocks as well. It really makes you wonder if gold coins have a different standard of grading than silver. Edited by moejaber
03/18/2013 3:48 pm
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Canada
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Hi moe, Re: Quote:
It really makes you wonder if gold coins have a different standard of grading than silver. Your coin is a very nice example of this type... I would give it a solid MS-62 by any standards... strong strike and lots of lustre with a few bag marks, but excellent eye appeal. I would agree with others saying that there is perhaps a bit of a relaxed standard for grading the gold coins, although I don't think there should be... Truth be told IMHO, what makes me wonder is how different the standard of grading any coin by any grader on any given day... and that includes the so-called pros... who for the most part are just throwin' a dart at the board like the rest of us... Obviously PCGS and ICCS over the years have achieved highest status re perceived objectivity and reliability... with a few others on the 2nd tier... and a whole lot of bottom feeders... However, even with PCGS and ICCS it often makes me just shake my head at how inconsistent the grading actually is... That's what really makes me wonder...  cameron93 |
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