Posted 12/03/2021 06:03 am
Ye gods, hairlines all over the place. So much damage that it's not gradable in my view...
It would have been a solid EF/AU but for the epic scrubbing. A real shame - the Edward VII obverse is not often that well struck. It's notorious for a sort of mushy quality. But that one is quite good and would have come at a premium as a result. The rims are also in outstanding shape. Someone treated that with great care for decades and then someone else came along with their Ajax and ruined it.
It would have been a solid EF/AU but for the epic scrubbing. A real shame - the Edward VII obverse is not often that well struck. It's notorious for a sort of mushy quality. But that one is quite good and would have come at a premium as a result. The rims are also in outstanding shape. Someone treated that with great care for decades and then someone else came along with their Ajax and ruined it.
