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New Member
Australia
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Hi all Have some coins passed down from my grandfather and father to me. Most have been sitting in a draw for the past 40-50years+. Appreciate your help to grade Regards Jason   |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Almost Uncirculated
Watch your top knot
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I have seen some extremely accurate forgeries of this coin, but the provenance of this one (along with the historic medalettes you have posted), leaves no doubt about this example being authentic.
75,000 produced and originally sold at three shillings each to raise money for the Victorian Centenary Council, in 1934-5, to pay for Centenary celebrations. Not all were sold, and 21,000 were melted, leaving 54,000, - the lowest official mintage number for any pre decimal Australian silver coin.
They saw very little circulation, and the lowest grade I have seen for these is VF.
This one EF (AU-55 Sheldon), which would be the most common grade in which they are found.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say AU-55 (Sheldon) as well.
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New Member
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Thank you for the responses. Much appreciated
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Pillar of the Community
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Good coin and honest condition. These are worth around $300 - $500 each Australian.
Your coin is AU to Borderline Uncirculated with some original lustre.
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Australia
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I don't like the look of the horse's front left leg nor its rear right leg : they both look as though they're prosthetic.
There appears to be something wrong with a few of the details on the King's crown, along with a few other niggly doubts on the reverse.
I doubt this coin is at all " kosher ".
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I don't like the look of the horse's front left leg nor its rear right leg : they both look as though they're prosthetic. Yeah,legs are wrong,wierd thing is they usually get this correct on most fakes. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I missed the legs !  That blows the provenance out of the water ! |
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Australia
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I don't like the look of the horse's front left leg nor its rear right leg : they both look as though they're prosthetic. I'm not so sure ... maybe it's just the lighting that's causing that appearance? It's hard to determine without having the coin in hand. An accurate weight would assist. |
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Australia
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I've weighed the coin and depending on the where its placed it comes out between 11-12g. I'd be surprised if this was a fake as my grandfather was a bank manager during the depression and my father held on to it keeping it in a drawer for 40+ yrs. I am surprised there weren't more rarities in the collection given his occupation. But happy for the advice   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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How does the ping tone test go, when compared to any other genuine .925 sterling silver florin?
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I stick by my comments of it being real. It looks like a coin from that era and the traces of gunk seal its authenticity - you can fake wear on fake coins - but not that stuff.
This is a coin that has sat idle for decades. I would be incredibly surprised if its fake.
Sadly because of the rise of odious Chinese counterfeit everything, us collectors have "alarm bark" responses at any coin that is not common as dirt coming into the hands of anyone with what sounds like a shaggy dog story to some.
The reality is, that people do inherit things and they are not always common and worthless. This poor person's grandad may have really bought the coin in 1934/35 and held on to it, until he died and it was passed on.
As for the horse legs - slight wear or just bad striking, high quality business strikes were not first order priority in the 1930s. There were no glossy catalogues and exclusive offers back then. Commemorative coins existed, but were hardly the mass media grannybait device they are now.
Like most commems and one offs of the era, it was a flop due to there being a premium on the cost (They charged 3/- for a coin worth 2/-) and this was the Depression, where few people could spare a penny let alone a bob (shilling) and then having to sell it when little Timmy got TB or something, or even if a new Joan Crawford movie was coming on!
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04/26/2020 10:13 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like a nice AU-55 coin. It does not have the look of the modern Chinese fake. The toning looks original.
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Pillar of the Community
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Now I own such a coin, I still think this is real, the R lines up with the bead, the horse and chest detail checks out and robe touches the rim.
That coin is better than mine too!
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