Hi, First of all, I apologize if this is not the right forum I am looking for information like grade, whether it is cleaned, any comments on the marks etc. Any information/thought is most welcome. The first coin is 1892 Half crown The second one is the 1818 Half crown The third one is the 1889 crown Thanks a lot for your help. Kind Regards, Ekalabya
They all look like nice coins. I can't help with a grade, except they look like they have been slightly circulated. I don't see anything that says cleaned or details grade the wear looks honest to me.
Thanks a lot for your reply. Any comment on the highlighted bit of the first image? Thanks once again Ek.
It's hard to say if it is something stuck to the coin,(some gunk) or if it is a carbon spot. Which is an impurity. I would not mess with the spots as they give the piece it's originality.
The George III halfcrown is listed in Spink as number 3789. My copy of Spink dates back to 2012. The 1818 coin is listed as 125 GBP in Very fine and 450 GBP in Extremely fine. HOWEVER, there is a note attached which says "Beware recent low grade forgeries". I cannot tell if yours is one of those, but the detail of the king's eye looks rather strange.
I think that's because it's very difficult or impossible, at least in the photo, to distinguish the eyeball from the area below the eye, and the details of the eye itself within the eyeball. Compare that area to the eye area in my George III 1819 half-crown -- which certainly isn't unblemished -- and you can see the difference.
My opinion, the 1892, as mentioned, the obv has been harshly cleaned. The rev has a rim dent at 6 o'clock. The harsh cleaning by itself means it's a no grade. The 1818 has a rather nasty rim dent at 9 o'clock. My thinking is it's bad enough to warrant a no grade. The 1889 has significant pitting from previous corrosion in the veil, the rev rim shows pitting as well in a few places. My opinion, a no grade as well. All of that said, there's no telling what the TPGs would say. They might agree with me, or they may cleanly grade the coins. There is no rhyme or reason to what they do and when they do it.
