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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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thanks for viewing I can not tell if this has been rigorously cleaned or not the rev seems fine to my eye but the obv is puzzling     thank you in advance |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'll take a guess now and see how it compares to the more experienced.
VF20 maybe VF30 on a good day.
Cheers, Bill
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Now I was going to give it a grade of EF "at least" and maybe AU on a good/great day..
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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From your images it doesn't appear to have been cleaned. Great looking reverse with much remaining lustre, the obverse has let this coin down a bit with some wear and bag marks. I would say XF45, Nice coin and one of my favourite Canadian denominations . I have a date set of these from 1937-2015  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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thanks all
very much !!
may I ask if the
dark spots on this example
would be of concern ?
for you ?
regards
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I believe they're just carbon spots, often brought out after dipping - market acceptable, but not pretty.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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EF and NOT cleaned.
Probably dipped though, but I consider the two completely different processes.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Lots of marks on obverse around a 30
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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These coins really need to be graded for each side, the reverse nearly always grades higher than the obverse.
The are a large number of high points in the reverse design and they are evenly spread all over the reverse. Together, the help to make the reverse more resistant to wear.
Even so, the master die for the King's image is more sharply cut for Canadian coins than for British coins or other British Commonwealth Coutries.
The New Zealand Half Crown for the George V1 series has a differential grading pattern similar the the Canadian 50 Cents. Same obverse and Reverse designers. Obv. by Hugh Paget, rev. by Gruger Gray.
EF40 / AU55.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't know how to grade canadians, actually this is my first time on this thread.
I'll say XF45.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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CHD: canadian standards, #1 spots for wear on details #2 the fields for "cleanliness" ...
Just throwing this out there but what's the possibility this coin could be slightly convex/concave?
It looks like there's some lustre remaining around the rim, but it is all gone in the fields and there seems to be some wear in the hair...
Looking at the wear in the hair I would've said VF... but with the lustre on the coin it SHOULD grade EF
(I think to be conservative and I think that what I might see as lustre is really just too much lighting.. I'm going to go with VF 35)
Edited by AgCoinAu
12/10/2015 5:04 pm
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