1880 NFLD 50c - Thoughts On Grade? - Coin Community Forum

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Silver101 Pillar of the Community Canada 1081 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 08:16 am Curious to know what people's take is. This is a key date - 24,000 in the initial mint run and it's relatively rare to see one in this condition. Though...what is this condition? The rev is a pretty nice, sharp strike but I can't help notice that Ms. Victoria has a bit of an acne scar on her left cheek. Report this Post to the Staff

mrwhatisit Pillar of the Community United States 2954 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 08:28 am Id call it an XF-40 with minor details as you say. That one would look nice in any foreign collection Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 09:58 am I'll say EF-45+. Report this Post to the Staff
Silver101 Pillar of the Community Canada 1081 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 10:58 am That's my take as well - the seller has it at EF/AU -- AU is definitely a stretch. I don't see much in the way of mint frost.... The laurel, braid, eyelid and hair are the features that take this well into the EF range. Report this Post to the Staff
47P7 Pillar of the Community Canada 1505 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 11:03 am easy 45, but most likely a AU50. in the US a 58.. all just my uneducated opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
TheDeductible Pillar of the Community Canada 851 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 2:10 pm Easy EF45. If it were in my collection I would tag it with no less than AU50. The detail in the braid is amazing and it makes me wonder if this one was specially struck. It is rare to see that clarity in the best of Victorian 50 cent NL pieces, however to see it in the 1880 is quite rare. Generally the NL fifty cent pieces of the Victorian era didn't have that good of a strike to show such clarity in the braid. Report this Post to the Staff
Silver101 Pillar of the Community Canada 1081 Posts	Posted 03/24/2021 5:37 pm Follow-up. I decided to go for it. It's not in Charlton or the Trends but there are narrow, medium and wide varieties of the 1880. This one is the wide date and it's the second rarest of the 3. Rarest is medium, most common is narrow. Decided I couldn't pass it up. Plus, the oracle Hugh Powell felt that it might actually go AU-55. I'm less concerned about that than about the scarcity.... Report this Post to the Staff
TheDeductible Pillar of the Community Canada 851 Posts	Posted 03/25/2021 12:52 pm Nice buy. It beats my VF20 Narrow date by a margin ;) Report this Post to the Staff
halfdollardan Valued Member Canada 448 Posts	Posted 03/27/2021 01:48 am EF40 Report this Post to the Staff
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