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XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 09/23/2011 5:33 pm So I picked this up today at a local coin shop for melt value. I'm rather bad at grading canadian coins and was wondering what this one might grade at/be worth. Thanks! -XoG Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 09/23/2011 6:33 pm Did you say melt, as in $15 or less? Are you able to check the weight of the coin? From what I can see, it does not have any of the markers of the Chinese counterfeits (i.e., legit). The reverse is probably slightly convex, it is worn considerably relative to the obverse, but lucky you, the obverse carries the most weight with coin grades - it should be a solid VF-20. I wonder why the dealer let it go so cheap.... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Edited by SPP-Ottawa 09/23/2011 6:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 09/23/2011 6:34 pm Also, please tell me which coin store you shop at... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Edited by SPP-Ottawa 09/23/2011 6:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
neweden Valued Member Canada 272 Posts	Posted 09/23/2011 6:44 pm I would agree at the VF-20 grade. The coin looks like the obverse 4 variety, it trends at $500.00, so if you picked it up at melt I would beeline it back to your supplier and see if he has any more.. Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 09/23/2011 6:49 pm Wow! I guess I made out like a bandit then lol. This was the only canadian half he had for sale, though I have picked up some other goodies from him rather cheaply before. Thanks for the info! Would it be suggested to get it certified by pcgs or ICCS? Report this Post to the Staff
guppie1160 Valued Member Canada 307 Posts	Posted 09/25/2011 2:57 pm Quote: but lucky you, the obverse carries the most weight with coin grades Generally I don't comment on other grading as it is an opinion...but this is a statement and I don't agree with it. Both sides of the coin carry equal weight....if the obverse is a higher grade than the reverse people tend to give it the lower of the two grades or they split the grade... Report this Post to the Staff
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