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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Edited by Kingz
08/04/2011 2:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
570 Posts |
I would say VF+ IMO. There is a lot of wear on the hair and the beads above the "IB" in liberty. Still a nice find  . Not sure about the mintmark though. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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VF... The only thing I can think of that would do that to the mintmark is vending machines, or gambling machines...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry, I meant slot machines, but I had a brain fart...  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Regarding the damaged mint mark with the close-up comparison photo, the denticles appear a little irregular.
If it is a key date and therefore valuable, I would first want to be satisfied it was genuine, and then wonder about its grade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not sure it matters in this case whether its genuine or not. It still is only a VF. So either yo have a genuine VF or a counterfeit VF Swiss 20 rappen. Being a "key" date, the cv is low in the lesser grades.
KK
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Swiss coins are usually very well-struck, which would make counterfeiting difficult, and probably not cost-effective for a modest premium for this date. I am familiar with modern Swiss 20 Rp, and I see nothing that looks wrong here. As for the damage on reverse, it's also along the whole outer edge of the wreath. It looks like damage done by a coin counter machine, and would probably affect overall grade. I would say aVF.
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Valued Member
United States
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That coin looks to be choice vf to me. As for the mint mark, just looks like it got pinched or something, its a fake just has a little damage
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Valued Member
United States
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Why would anyone fake a Swiss 20 rappen coin in VF?
No way it's a fake, it's a key date for sure, and will always be worth well in excess of it's nominal value (despite the strong Franc these days!). Good find no matter how you slice it.
I say the Bern B took post-mint damage there. Not unusual.
-SCS
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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hmm interesting comments, so thanks all of you.! I don´t think that it is a fake as well, and it appears indeed that the damage in the wreath is from a vendingmachine of some sort... That´s too bad, since it affects the value. As far as the B, it looks a bit strange, probably also due to the vending machine effect  It's still a nice coin, and indeed a key date, probably worth just a few dollars in VF+. Again thanks for comments, and I will post some other old Swiss coins soon |
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