AU 58 Would Anybody Pay That Price ?

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ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 09/23/2007 2:24 pm I think too much detail is gone to call this anything but an XF If this is an AU 58 I got myself an AU 59.99 But I have seen that the few French coins graded allways seem to be generously graded so I am not sure my general grading notions apply to french francs http://cgi.ebay.com/09-CERTIFIEE-AU...UP_W0QQitemZ 320161779119QQihZ011QQcategoryZ17382QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Report this Post to the Staff

GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 09/23/2007 4:30 pm I wouldn't say anything more then an AU50. Looks almost like it was lightly whizzed but not sure. Report this Post to the Staff
hunter20ga Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 09/23/2007 4:45 pm Can't help on this one. I'm not even remotely familiar with French coins, so have no idea what detail is lacking or worn. Still, it seems doubtful that this coin is so close to uncirculated. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 09/23/2007 5:12 pm In my opinion, NGC is very weak with foreign gold, and knows nothing of European grading standards. The pictured coin is no more than aEF in Europe, EF45 in Sheldon terms. Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 09/24/2007 2:07 pm Superdave you are exactly right I would grade it mid XF range for two reasons First the shield on the reverse of the coin has three fleur de lis and I do not know what flower that is in english (lilly?)but they should all three have a full central nerve and the bottom one is gone completely Second there is virtually no original striking lustre left which drops it also below AU range Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 09/24/2007 2:19 pm My XP pro and photoprogram seem to have a lot of trouble to save a bitmap file as a jpeg and rename it to a name without spaces I manage by overwriting a redundant photofile so I will show the scan of the reverse of the coin I got which is I think an AU and will show a pic of the reverse Note that it is the rare Q mint Well the file was refused so I suppose XVIII counts for special signs Does not make sense since the reverse was accepted Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 09/24/2007 2:22 pm Ok there was still a space in the name Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 09/24/2007 2:35 pm Ok I try to post the jpeg of the bitmap Very strange I have to add JPG manually by changing the filename Report this Post to the Staff
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