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Great Britain 1879 Florin - Opinion Of Grade

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I just purchased this coin. Would appreciate opinion on grade. Thank you

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 Posted 06/11/2016  02:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
British grade:
nearly Very Fine. (nVF)
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Have these photos been distorted? I'm getting a sort of fisheye-lens effect.
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I just noticed that myself, Kefiroth. The photos were resized using Infranview, as they were too large. Sel_691, thanks for opinion.
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 Posted 06/11/2016  09:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jdmern to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
U.S. grading, XF40
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U.S. grading standard would be EF-40, but the eye appeal is not impressive. For that reason I'd say market value is high end VF.
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Ear and platt showing so a smidge above VF although eye appeal is low and toning suspect.
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A British FINE. Tops!


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Have these photos been distorted? I'm getting a sort of fisheye-lens effect.


Irfanview resizing shouldn't cause the fish eye effect, also detectable from the surrounding fabric.
I would consider the lens or the camera setting.
Nice coin though.
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Thanks for comments. This is actually the first time I tried to resize using Infranview. I'll have to look at original.
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Very Fine on the British scale, I'd say. It's really quite a nice coin, but a bit too much wear (especially on the obverse) to be any higher.
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I've based my grade on experience and also reference to Grading British Coins 1797-1970 by Derek Francis Allen.
When asighning a value to a grade,eye appeal and edge knocks must be considered.
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Thanks for opinions. I think my coin is somewhere between F and VF, on British scale.
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