Help With Confirming The Identity Of A Coin

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navycapt1635 Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 07/24/2020 11:06 am Hi everyone, There are several foreign coins in the collection I inherited. I am attaching a photo of one which I believe is an 1865 Burmese 1/4 peso. Could someone please help me out? Thanks. Bill Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 07/24/2020 11:18 am Yes looks like a match of design to me. Here is the numista link: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21315.html Is there also a match on the weight and diameter? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
navycapt1635 Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 07/24/2020 12:45 pm Thanks. It is 6.17 grams and about 24 mm. Its grade appears to me to be in the high VF/low XF range. Best, Bill Report this Post to the Staff
navycapt1635 Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 11/03/2020 3:14 pm All, All, Sorry, I'm just getting back to this one. It raised a question for me about grading "details." Does the general grade (e.g., XF-Details) mean that the coin would be an XF without the factors that makes it "details" or is it a higher grade that has been lowered to XF by the factors? As you can see, there is a small dent at the top rim of the reverse. Could I get some grading estimates please? Thanks! Bill Report this Post to the Staff
Seeker55 Pillar of the Community United States 635 Posts	Posted 11/03/2020 6:48 pm Personally I would grade this one approximately VF. I don't think it's XF because of the wear on the details of both the peacock feathers and the leaves on the other side, and the rim ding. Still a nice, interesting coin to have in a collection. Edited by Seeker55 11/03/2020 6:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
navycapt1635 Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 11/04/2020 5:12 pm Thanks. I thought it was an XF, but I can see VF with the rim ding. Still, I think it's the second best one I've seen. Best, Bill Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16851 Posts	Posted 11/04/2020 5:59 pm Quote: Does the general grade (e.g., XF-Details) mean that the coin would be an XF without the factors that makes it "details" or is it a higher grade that has been lowered to XF by the factors? As you can see, there is a small dent at the top rim of the reverse. It's my understanding that "EF details" would translate to, "If this coin didn't have the defect that caused the giving of a 'details' grade, then the coin would have graded in the EF range". Personally, I'd grade the coin as "Fine". Too much wear to qualify as VF. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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