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I bought this coin in a lot of three 1947's.
This one has some nice luster, double on
9 and 7 in date.
Let me know what you think as to grade and
any comments are welcome.    Edited by SilverDon
01/04/2015 9:02 pm
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I would say VF, nice find straight 7/7, haven't found one myself yet, for me straight 7s are tougher to come across than curved 7s , although trends doesn't agree with me. 47s are a bit scarcer than some other forties dates and trend prices reflect that.Looks like a flat back 9 but according to the book all straight 7s are in round back 9 dates. Also don't think there should be doubling on the 9 as only the last 2 digits were entered on this side of the pond. A close up of the date would be appreciated.
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01/04/2015 10:41 pm
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VF20 Nice pickup Don.  |
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West Canuk I tend to agree with your observation of 1947 fifty cents availability. Seems that the curved 7 is way easier to find out here as well .
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Will try to get a good shot of the date and put it up today. Now looking at the 9, you are correct, 7/7 like to hear that. Thanks for the good analysis west- canuck. Thanks for the comments. How's this.   Edited by SilverDon
01/05/2015 12:15 pm
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Looks like a VF to me.... This is the Wide Date 1947 Straight 7 (7 touching ring) 7/7. Nice find.
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01/05/2015 07:57 am
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Thanks for the comments west- canuck, Wireman, Pacificoin,
it was sold as a VF so I am happy for the grade and happy
to hear of the variety.
Did not know about the relative scarcity of the straight 7 over the curved 7.
Thanks pginrh, your knowledge of 50 cent coins is impressive.
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01/05/2015 12:18 pm
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Thanks pginrh, your knowledge of 50 cent coins is impressive.  If you ask him really nice, maybe he will send you a copy of a manuscript he wrote on George VI 50-cent varieties. I was flattered to review it, and probably is the most comprehensive work to date on varieties in that series. "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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Thanks for the additional pictures of the date, I see now it is a round back 9, and I guess I do have a straight 7/7 in Fine, (what does that say - too many coins, not enough time )here's a pic of mine.  |
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The 7 is so much higher than the 4 in this case. Good problem to have west- canuck. pginrh if you could please send me a copy of the George VI 50-cent varieties publication I would be very grateful, my e-mail is enabled. Thanks for that SPP. This picture with glare and blown out contrast shows the step in the bar of the 7 pretty well.  Edited by SilverDon
01/05/2015 7:06 pm
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just wish it was a ML and curved to the right.......just lost one in high grade....  |
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pginrh: I also would be interested in such a publication... How can the common layman get a hold of this information? I have picked up a few hundred 50 cent pieces and absolutely love going through them! Any more information would just increase the enjoyment I have in going through 'em... Please send me a PM if possible.
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The 7 is so much higher than the 4 in this case. Your 7/7 variety looks similar to Die 6 on page 321 of Charlton 2014, mine appears similar to Die 5, in which case it might be a 7/7/7 but it is too worn for me to be sure. If you don't have the 68th edition of Charlton, you should think about getting it, if only for the 50 cent varities section. Mine is getting fairly worn out and I have a second copy.Maybe next time I'm back east at a Toronto coin show I can get it autographed by the gentleman that researched these varieties.  |
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"pginrh if you could please send me a copy of the George VI 50-cent varieties publication I would be very grateful"
There is NO 'Publication', just a manuscript that I put together. Some parts of it are in Charlton's 68th.
Hope the folks who requested it, and I sent it to find it useful.....
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01/06/2015 4:52 pm
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Incredibly thorough document pginrh. A great reference. Will have to pick up Charlton's 68th.
Thank you.
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I LOVE it! thank you so much!
I have the 68th charlton... but considering getting zoell's catalog for cross reference with the numbers...
Have read some of the pages and just LOVE the information ... great learning... thank you thank you!
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