I am still learning about the coins I want in my collection, sometimes I think something is AU/UNC, when its actually XF, so I thought I would do a duel thing, you experts (probably all of you know more than me) grade the coins I show, they are ones I would like to get in my collection eventually, and your grading will teach me what grades the coins are, I am not talking about going into huge detail MS/PF type grades as I am not ever going to bother getting my coins slabbed, just ones like Old Nail, Fine, AU, UNC, BU or even Fake, don't mind if they have been cleaned as long as its not with caustic soda or metal polish lol, once enough members have graded the coin I will put on what grade the seller actually put in their advert. None of the pictures are what I have taken, some may be a little poor. First up is this 1938 dated .925 silver British New Guinea 1 shilling coin, what do you guys/gals think to this one.
So for a complete noob like me is a MS grade equivalent to UNC grade, and if it shows a lot of lustre its a BU ?
the coin looks to have been cleaned, which is a major issue as far as value. The details look like the coin has not seen any wear, but luster will help determine how badly the cleaning has affected the value
It does look like it could have impared luster. Or he might just be a lousy coin photographer like me.But it has some light spots that possibly someone tried to "improve." Sometimes over time you learn to read a certain sellers pictures. I wouldn't pay MS money without a good return policy for this coin.
I quite often have trouble showing any lustre that might be on my coins in photographs, sometimes they look like worn highlights on the coin.
In many instances, "A picture is worth a thousand words", but not in this case, at least to me. I would like to see light reflecting photos as well as close ups. I see a die chip between U and S on the reverse. I suspect the beginning of die deterioration is the contributing factor to what appears to be wear, but without added pics., I will offer my opinion, Unc.
lol I wouldn't of even of noticed that, reading the posts on this forum I have seen some US coins where the centre of the coin was good but the edge writing looked worn which they attributed to a worn die. How many coins could be made on a die before it was worn out ?
Your guess is as good as mine. I would think the person performing the random sampling would have ignored the chip, assuming they saw it because it is minor. I also suspect the upper mgt. would frown upon a very meticulous inspector.
I suppose it depends on where the coins were headed also, coins for UK possibly might of been better inspected than for one of the colonys maybe ???
Here is what was said about the coin in the advert A VERY COLLECTABLE NEW GUINEA STERLING SILVER SHILLING COIN DATED 1938 IN UNCIRCULATED GRADE. LUSTROUS, LOVELY NATURAL TONE, FANTASTIC EXAMPLE.
Ok here is another one, I see lots of these coins, most have had an obvious to me hard life, but there is a few like this one that looks good to my untrained eye. Also I really like these coins but I have read there is fakes out there, mainly of the bigger 20 francs version.
I trust you lot on here more, especially before making a purchase of something I am not sure about or have little experience of, or the pictures look like they were taken on my 10 year old Nokia phone, or even a seller I have not used many a time before.
