Posted 06/23/2022 02:50 am
It is worth noting with these
that all of the very many reverse high points combine together to protect the overall design against wear.
Because of this, on first appearances,
the reverse always seems to have a higher grade than the obverse.
Nothing wrong with that.
I think that, from a technical point of view, it is a superior design.
The RCM got the reverse design development right.
That means to grade these accurately,
almost all emphasis on grading should refer to the obverse design.
With Hugh Paget master dies the RCM used,
I find that the hair detail is more accentuated on Canadian silver coins than that on coins of any other Commonwealth Country.
But the original master dies for the effigy still came from The Royal Mint in London. At least, the RCM tried with the obverse as well.
Missing a lot of fine hair detail on obverse in this case,
VF ( British grading)
From these pictures I can't quite make up my mind about cleaning, What you see here could? be a result from it's experience in circulation.
that all of the very many reverse high points combine together to protect the overall design against wear.
Because of this, on first appearances,
the reverse always seems to have a higher grade than the obverse.
Nothing wrong with that.
I think that, from a technical point of view, it is a superior design.
The RCM got the reverse design development right.
That means to grade these accurately,
almost all emphasis on grading should refer to the obverse design.
With Hugh Paget master dies the RCM used,
I find that the hair detail is more accentuated on Canadian silver coins than that on coins of any other Commonwealth Country.
But the original master dies for the effigy still came from The Royal Mint in London. At least, the RCM tried with the obverse as well.
Missing a lot of fine hair detail on obverse in this case,
VF ( British grading)
From these pictures I can't quite make up my mind about cleaning, What you see here could? be a result from it's experience in circulation.
