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Valued Member
Canada
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Hello. Can you please grade this 1852, Bank of Upper Canada, half-penny?  Many shanks!   |
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Pillar of the Community
New Zealand
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Hi you need to insert the full picture of the coin ---please try again
Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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Valued Member
 Canada
95 Posts |
Here is the full picture of it, as requested. |
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Valued Member
Canada
95 Posts |
I am SO sorry that I keep posting the wrong pictures. I am trying to get used to posting from the ones already uploaded. It says that a new one will replace the old one, but it didn't. Anyways, here is the FULL coin pics. (I truly HOPE.)   |
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Valued Member
Canada
95 Posts |
Please grade the above coin. Thank you.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Few people here have experience grading this coin. I would say conservatively VG, perhaps F, but that's just a stab.
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Valued Member
Canada
95 Posts |
Thank you Coinfrog! Why do you think that is? Do most people stick with the more modern coins?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
It's not that collectors stick with modern coins - I just don't think many members have experience with these early tokens.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
5594 Posts |
Many of the early tokens were very weakly struck, although these have some very sharply struck examples. I'd say F-12, maybe 15.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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Indeed, «F-12» seems to be quite accurate.
Otherwise, the photo quality is not ideal, but it seems to be the variety Courteau #077 / R.3 (Frequency of this variety in relation to the tokens issued for the 1/2 Penny 1852: +/-10.5% / So very common), from the Heaton Mint (PC-5B2).
I'm sorry if my English isn't perfect... I'm learning a little more every day.
Edited by ainsivalavie
10/03/2019 4:58 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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By US standards, agree it looks like F-12.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2781 Posts |
I would give this an over all 8 due to the environmental damage.
these coins were very well made (with some soft strikes), and normal decimal grading standards don't apply. most not familiar with the series often mistake 40/45s for MS examples.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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F-12 details, environmental damage.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Wade: I would give this an over all 8 due to the environmental damage. Just for accuracy this time and perhaps in the future, the grades I give for the coins that have circulated are based on a technical gradation generally used in Canada by grading companies. Thus, coin problems are not taken into consideration. But indeed, the reverse side of this token has environmental damage. I'm sorry if my English isn't perfect... I'm learning a little more every day.
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Posted 10/02/2019 5:00 pm
