Purchased this in the North West Midlands recently. I was impressed with the clear fields, and lack of hairlines. I think the obverse is aEF....but the reverse is better. Looks uncleaned to me and no reflective surfaces. Scans taken with natural light and artificial light...camera not great.
Very, very nice. These are difficult to grade but think you may be a bit conservative with the AEF business as it looks def. a full EF at least in the pictures. If ever for sale, do let me know. LOL! Relatively few bag marks and typical soft strike to the shield details (lions, etc.).
Thanks for the reply......the reverse looks better in hand for some reason......will let you know if it has to go.
Maybe not conservative as I am using UK grading..........extremely fine in US parlance is below an AU50......so pretty low.
I don't know if it's the lighting but, the coin has an even light gray color to it. Normally, you don't see a coin of this age looking like that. Nice surfaces but, looks washed out to me.
Nice coin! A definite keeper. Don't have one of those and I'm collecting for my daughter for historic and genealogical purposes. Remember though, since this is almost Christmas and I've been a good boy, it would be nice to give rather than receive! lol
My rationale was grade and lack of gouges, scuffs, and hairlines.....not sure how to operationalise 'washed out.'
Storage conditions critical IMO. Also, may not be the best light - I've seen a number similar and were not problematic. May have been dipped strongly and retoned in this fashion.
There are plenty of marks ( in front of the bust ) & ( behind neck ) Some scratches on the Reverse too. Not sure about the overall patchy appearance of the surface either. Pictures in better light would help
I see a small planchet defect to left of nose but precious few marks for a cartwheel coin of this size - perhaps review some Morgan dollars to see plenty of the latter...
The coin has few marks, and the surfaces look good. However, the washed-out look is likely from being dipped. There doesn't seem to be any luster left. It looks more like aluminum than silver. No matter what it's still a nice coin for its age.
