this is a recent coin i bought according to the charlton guide this coin has never has a coin graded au50 an ef40 is valued at 350.00 . question is does anyone know how this would grade? i picked up approx 70 coins today 7 of which are 20 cent pieces from newfoundland different dates. thanks and its nice to be back on the site.
newfoundland 20 cent 1890 the book im looking at is charlton standard guide to canadian coins volume 1 2011 65th edition
that is a nice low mintage. be careful how you handle that coin you dont wanna leave a finger print on it. i would say it would get an au grade
newfoundland 20 cent 1890 i would like to see an au50 as in the book it says one has never been graded this high but i know nothing of grading and im going to put it in a coin holder ill post pics of my 20 cent collection to get opinions. thanks very much. and from now on ill hold them from the edge.
According to the Victoria Grading Guide, page xviii in my 2009 Charlton's, I would say your's is closer to the VF-20 than the AU 50. AU 50 "Slight traces of wear now appear on all high points. 60% to 70% lustre is present. Mint lustre has now been disturbed in the fields around the design. VF-30 The braid, top knot and eyebrow show loss of detail. The design while present is loosing sharpness. The braid from the start to down around the ear is beginning to blur.
newfoundland 20 cent 1890 ok thanks for the info. i believe there wasnt alot of lustre on the 20 cent pieces the darkened outter area was that way when they were minted according to what i have read. i could be completly wrong but thank you very much for the info...i have seen other 20 cent pieces in less condition sell on sites saying there were higher grade thats why i asked. thanks again for your time ,knowledge ,and opinions.
My gut says VF on this, and a comparison to some of the pieces Heritage has sold at auction would back this up. About a year ago, we sold a piece graded (in-house) as VF-XF, cleaned, for $47. Your piece doesn't have quite the detail of that one, but it doesn't appear cleaned from the image. For comparison, we also sold an XF45 specimen (NGC) in August for $184. BTW, the finest (by a mile) one of these we've ever sold was the Belzberg/Norweb specimen in 2003. That coin graded MS65 and brought $7,762.50.
