1952 Penny

Thanks! Probably will be my highest graded George VI find in a roll. These are pretty rare to find.

The hit on his forehead keeps it from mintstate right?

I didn't know that. So coins don't tone on their own but needs wear to tone? I learn something new every day from here!
Do grades below MS not receive comments like "red" or "red brown"?

The coin having some red on it threw my grading way off the top. I undergrade unlustrous coins, I overgrade lustrous ones... I need more practice.

Yeah the pics are pretty bad. I can see more details on the hair in hand, looks like all if not most of his hair is still there. It was getting late when I photographed this so the lighting is not the best. I'll try again later today.

Edit: I have taken better pictures. I've put the coin in a flip last night so here are the photos of it in the flip. The first two photos are taken in the shade, the last 2 are taken under sunlight. I think the colour of the second set os more true to life but it is also a bit too dark because of the phone camera auto-adjusting brightness.

The one taken in the shade to show the contrast between the brown and red.



These two were taken under full sunlight. On the obverse, the only real scratches are the "x" SW of the ear, the one on the nape, behind his head, on his chin, and the huge one on his brow. The scratches running from NE to SW isn't on the coin. Must have happened when I wiped the flip with a tissue to clean it. The colour also isn't this dark, it's only beginning to brown slightly on the relief and on the tight spots are red.



There's something on top of the IV of Georgivs. I'll look closer into it later when I have access to a microscope.

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