1785 Nova Constellatio, R5 Colonial

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TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 06/21/2014 1:35 pm Here is my new/used c. 6.69 grams. 28.5 mm. Thinking I might use Verdicare...hmm...what do you think? And, please grade:) The seller had a really interesting description: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1785-Nova-C...em19eea97f0d The coin came with a 2007 Stacks auction tag to give some providence. IMO, kinda cool. Edited by TJsCoins 06/21/2014 1:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff

GERMANICVS Pillar of the Community Germany 1849 Posts	Posted 06/21/2014 3:21 pm That is a coin I would not mind owning! Crosby 4-C, described in Bowers Encyclopedia as being 'usually in lower grades'. I think your specimen is certainly not in low grade. I generally abstain from placing too much emphasis on grading colonials, specially given the many peculiarities of each individual die, etc, but this particular example I would grade as VF25 with some surface issues on the reverse. A few drops of VerdiCare may be beneficial. BTW, the Bowers book describes the rarity of your coin as URS-7 (meaning 33 to 64 examples known), so the sellers description of R-6 is about right. If you do now have the Bowers book, I would highly recommend obtaining a copy. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 06/21/2014 5:28 pm 2nd the Bowers book. My first instinct was VF30. The verdigris appears stabalized but verdi- care would not hurt. If you are careful, a rose thorn works very well. As GERMANICVS pointed out, the grading of Colonial coins is much different as one has to take into account the dies, minting process, planchet, devices of wear versus weakness, and so forth. What may look like a VG coin to most, may actually be a VF-XF coin in some cases. Nonetheless, a nice example Cris! swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
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