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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thinking this is AU55 ... AU anyway. I have no idea. It is the only older Canadian Twenty Five cent coin I have. I had it tucked away and didn't know the date until tonight and was surprised it was this nice and old. I have no idea what the value is. Wish I could take better pics. I guess I'll have to get a real camera. Thank you for looking.   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Edited by TNG
03/06/2017 9:39 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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Honestly from the pictures I only see this as EF45 at best. I could be wrong as the pictures are blurry but seems like the eyebrow and the left pair of pearls have to much wear to hit the AU mark.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Thank you. I tried to take better pics. Not much better. Maybe in daylighting I will do better tomorrow.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I don't think that plastic is doing you any favors on the detail, nice looking coin though, nice toning
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Hey, nice TNG...  Looks AU to me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I would guess it is a nice AU
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Cloudy and rainy by the window in daylight. Best I can do for now. ( still in the 2x2 ) sorry ...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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EF45
Much easier from those pics.
Canadian grading of VF-AU coins is much less forgiving than US standards.
Only six dots are visible on the main band of the crown,
Significant wear on eyebrow and moustache,
Center dot on large maltese cross is worn down,
Raised portion of the orb shows significant wear,
Little nubs on the chain ornaments are worn,
On the reverse there is wear on the vertical beads of the crown as well as the knot of the ribbon.
An AU55 coin of this series will show only the slightest wear on the eyebrow.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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03/07/2017 2:27 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It is a purty one tho. Better than my pictures. Thank you for the excellent assessment. I do think it makes that grade of XF45 so I can live with that. CoinsandCanada website shows it would have a retail value between $140. XF and $230. AU http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins...ts-1911-1921I suppose I'll have Lloyds of London insure this for $200.00  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes it's a truly nice coin.
A beautiful example of a one year type, a must have coin for any collector of Canadian 25cents.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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EF-45, color worries me a bit for that grade.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
The color is not well represented in these images.
I am pretty good at detecting a dipped or artificially toned coin. There's still a bit of cartwheel effect rolling this holder in my hand and some luster remains obvious.
It has a very light golden tone. Looks 100% original to me.
The appearance and eye appeal is considerably better than these pics.
Not to brag, about this coin at all. It's this cheezy camera that does not work well with coins.
No macro and things get washed out. Takes nice people pictures tho.
I wish I could do better but sorry.
I will be getting a better camera soon.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU50-55 all day, from any TPG. Look at examples on Heritage. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Edited by TNG
03/09/2017 3:27 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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Honestly all your pictures put together you get a pretty accurate representation of your coin. I still stand by original grade of EF45. DBM gave a very accurate assessment of why this would only grade EF45 and not crack AU. As for the comment above any US TPG would give this AU50-55 but ICCS or CCCS would not grade this above EF45 for sure. This is still a highly collectable and desirable coin in this condition and I'm sure lots would love to add it to there collection. $200 is probably good insurance value. |
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