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| 1915-H Shilling - Correct Grade?
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agent86
Valued Member
Australia
75 Posts |
 Posted 05/14/2018 11:32 pm
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The NGC coin certainly has an AU58 look to it. Even if we accept that the apparent rubbing on the emu and the kangaroo is more cabinet friction (i.e. poor storage) than detail lost due to wear, there seem to be too many marks particularly on the obverse to be just bagmarks. However what cannot glean from the pictures is the lustre on the coin. Breaks in the lustre caused by many minute contact marks are very helpful in determining the grade of borderline coins such as this.
The moustache is always poorly detailed on 1915H shillings, even on early strikes such as mine.
On the NGC coin, the band and the fourth set of pearls look really weak. This can be because of wear, but it also can be strike weakness. If it was strike weakness then the star on the reverse should also be weak (i.e. have a rounded profile). It is however quite strong, hinting that the obverse weakness is more likely due to wear.
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| | Forum: Coin, Bank Note, and Paper Money Grading: Australia, New Zealand, & South Pacific (Oceania) |
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| Australian 5 Cent Die Changes And Coin Varieties
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agent86
Valued Member
Australia
75 Posts |
Posted 10/21/2016 04:26 am
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My survey:
Date Variety Number Variety Number
1972 Low Echidna (rev A) 10 High Echidna (rev C) 46
1984 Low Echidna (rev D) 19 High Echidna (rev C) 402
1987 Low Echidna (rev D) 1277 High Echidna (rev C) 4
1991 Small SD (rev D) 58 Large SD (rev E) 113
1992 Small SD (rev D) 286 Large SD (rev E) 125
1993 Small SD (rev D) 730 Large SD (rev E) 43
1994 Small SD (rev D) 1307 Large SD (rev E) 14
2001 Small Head (obv 5) 1121 Large Head (obv 6) 18
2007 Small SD (rev D) 761 Tiny SD (rev F) 203
2008 Small SD (rev D) 0 Tiny SD (rev F) 3543
2009 Small SD (rev D) 429 Tiny SD (rev F) 1109
2010 Small SD (rev D) 486 Tiny SD (rev F) 871
2011 Small SD (rev D) 0 Tiny SD (rev F) 958
2012 Small SD (rev D) 0 Tiny SD (rev F) 3094
2013 Small SD (rev D) 0 Tiny SD (rev F) 1717
2014 Small SD (rev D) 186 Tiny SD (rev F) 833
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| | Forum: Coins, Bank Notes, and Paper Money: Australia, New Zealand, & South Pacific (Oceania) |
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| Australian 1942(I) Penny - Grade?
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agent86
Valued Member
Australia
75 Posts |
Posted 09/26/2016 02:37 am
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Nah I reckon my Great Grandfather put it in this pouch a couple of odd decades ago and I recently happened upon it, the ink from within the pouch at this time had stained the coin completely purple, removing the ink revealed a shiny coin - I don't reckon the purple coin had value but I do reckon the coin it always has been underneath isn't "scrap". I have a few hundred odd Australian pennies and I can confirm cleaning them in any way does not turn the coin shiny like the one above - they seem to stay the disgusting brown colour, which is in no way bad, of course. - also the picture lies, the coin isn't brown! its sort of the colour of copper - basically NOT POLISHED but sort of cleaned by taking purple ink stains off of it
Ok it may be interesting to see how PCGS or NGC grade it.
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