This is a coin that does not get much interest until of higher grade and can be found at some expense up to the lower MS grades, but becomes a good deal more difficult when pristine & ran across this example some time ago:
Yes, nice. Though I don't know what the premium gap is between generic BU and a real Gem. I'm not sure I'd pay a huge premium for the Gem, when other UNCs are plentiful. Then again, this stuff is almost a hundred years old now and may come into its own, getting new respect...
LM, your points are well taken though. This era of coins still go cheap, and is where I started. I actually have a PCGS63 example that is not near to this one that I have kept in a custom Capitol Plastics case along with all the other best examples I could find for many years for George V (1911-1936). The nicest seem to come at the 63 level, and not sure how the PCGS "pop" example in 65 is really even that... I really liked the nice original soft lustre of this specimen that was relatively mark-free. Some of the dipped examples really look like copper nickel as the alloy was only 0.500 silver.
Tough to find UK coins from late ‘20s through reign of George V that aren’t circulated somewhat. Not many collectors at that time, especially for silver <Sterling in fineness.
