Posted 06/23/2016 01:30 am
I followed the referred-to URL from Biancasdad and found the photo and the verbiage below:
Description:
SICILY, Akragas. 413-406 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.50 gm). Eagle holding hare / Crab, tunny fish below. SNG.ANS.1007. Toned VF. Scarce.
My remaining questions are:
Both sides of my coin appear to have a grayish-white colored coating present on the fields but noticeably absent on top of 90 % of all of the devices. This coating slightly chipped off of the areas directly adjacent to the rim which is somewhat raised on crab side and flat on the bird side.
1) Does this chipping-off effect lower the value of this coin?
2) What exactly is this (chemically, structurally) grayish-white colored coating and is it part of the original design or simply a result of environmental damage?
Looking at the crab side one can see a small tab-like section sticking outward at 12 o'clock. Upon further inspection this tab is depressed equidistant approx. 0.5 mm from both the obv. and rev. sides so that it is positioned exactly at the mid-point that divides the thickness of the coin.
3) Could this tab most likely be an intentional structure created at the initial stamping of this coin? If not, then as PMD does it significantly lower the value of the coin?
A half-moon clip at 9 o'clock looks similar to a planchet clip.
4) Since this coin is over 2400 yrs. old what most likely caused this planchet clip feature and how should it affect the coin's value?
5) If the referenced coin from Biancasdad has a VF grade, what would my coin grade out at?
After doing some research I opine that my coin should have a value of about $ 300 - $ 400.
6) Does this $ amount sound reasonable based upon the condition and features of this supposed 'genuine' coin?
7) Would this coin meet my personal minimum self imposed $ cut-off point of a $ 200 valuation for justifying the submission of it to a TPG like NGC?
Please answer as many of these seven(7) questions as possible.
mdpmedia
Description:
SICILY, Akragas. 413-406 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.50 gm). Eagle holding hare / Crab, tunny fish below. SNG.ANS.1007. Toned VF. Scarce.
My remaining questions are:
Both sides of my coin appear to have a grayish-white colored coating present on the fields but noticeably absent on top of 90 % of all of the devices. This coating slightly chipped off of the areas directly adjacent to the rim which is somewhat raised on crab side and flat on the bird side.
1) Does this chipping-off effect lower the value of this coin?
2) What exactly is this (chemically, structurally) grayish-white colored coating and is it part of the original design or simply a result of environmental damage?
Looking at the crab side one can see a small tab-like section sticking outward at 12 o'clock. Upon further inspection this tab is depressed equidistant approx. 0.5 mm from both the obv. and rev. sides so that it is positioned exactly at the mid-point that divides the thickness of the coin.
3) Could this tab most likely be an intentional structure created at the initial stamping of this coin? If not, then as PMD does it significantly lower the value of the coin?
A half-moon clip at 9 o'clock looks similar to a planchet clip.
4) Since this coin is over 2400 yrs. old what most likely caused this planchet clip feature and how should it affect the coin's value?
5) If the referenced coin from Biancasdad has a VF grade, what would my coin grade out at?
After doing some research I opine that my coin should have a value of about $ 300 - $ 400.
6) Does this $ amount sound reasonable based upon the condition and features of this supposed 'genuine' coin?
7) Would this coin meet my personal minimum self imposed $ cut-off point of a $ 200 valuation for justifying the submission of it to a TPG like NGC?
Please answer as many of these seven(7) questions as possible.
mdpmedia
