(2) Newfoundland 1873 5 Cents OBV 1, Which Would You Keep?

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ThomasJefferson Valued Member United States 130 Posts	Posted 04/03/2013 8:56 pm Now that my Newfoundland set is two coins from completion I'm attempting to balance the desire to stockpile key dates with my determination to finish the series and stay within budget. Thus I've decided I can live with just one example of the above-named coin. Pictured first is my PCGS F12, followed by a raw coin that doesn't look as bright in-hand as the images suggest. If you were building a set, which would you keep? How would you grade them according to Canadian standards? Thanks again! Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 04/03/2013 9:00 pm Bottom coin. You can put that coin in a windowsill for a year and get back some natural toning, but you can't fix those scratches on the top coin... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9864 Posts	Posted 04/03/2013 9:33 pm I'd keep the top one.An eyeless Victoria is just far too distracting. VG8 for the top coin. G6 for the bottom one,much less appealing reverse. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 04/03/2013 9:45 pm Report this Post to the Staff
noahs-numismatics Pillar of the Community Canada 3167 Posts	Posted 04/03/2013 10:24 pm The top one has more appeal for me. Report this Post to the Staff
Wade Pillar of the Community Canada 2781 Posts	Posted 04/03/2013 10:38 pm top Report this Post to the Staff
kuh_85 Pillar of the Community Canada 2366 Posts	Posted 04/03/2013 11:46 pm I would say G6 for the top and G4 for the bottom. I'd be inclined to trade them both in for a VG-F. :-) It's a tough call but I'd probably go with bottom. Unless the scratches on the top one just don't appear as bad in hand as the picture makes them seem. Report this Post to the Staff
ThomasJefferson Valued Member United States 130 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 12:19 am Looks like the PCGS F12 has the lead. I've got to disagree on the G4-G6 grades though; we've got braid and ear remnants here. See below one of my other 1873s in G4; the portrait is a silhouette and the reverse is faded. These are however not top-quality images I'm providing; the bottom images are from an old scanner. It would not surprise however if ICCS cross-graded the PCGS coin as VG. Report this Post to the Staff
SHAFTA9a Bedrock of the Community Canada 10743 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 06:47 am A scanner never gives a good picture for a grade, too much light on the coin. I would bet, the bottom coin is the better one and would grade VG Report this Post to the Staff
Normic67 Pillar of the Community 798 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 8:02 pm I would keep the top one for some reason. Report this Post to the Staff
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