Congrats! On know that just made your day! Not too bad looking for a circulation find.
For wear, 1 gram isn't too bad of a loss. I would guess (blindly) that it is authentic.
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Wow, nice! Makes my XF, 1927, 2 Mils look pitiful. Palestinian coins are just beautiful.
It was a joke that stone played. He really should have mentioned it firstly. Don't pay a serious mind to what he posted.
What in the world....I am totally confused here. Pretty coin but what is going on between the different grades?
Thanks Clinker, as always great info! I sure would hate to carry a bunch of those around, almost.:whistle:
Just finished reading. Love it! I hope you do send it and not just forget about. Maybe, just maybe, this might be the changing point. The Mint...
I don't know what constitutes as real but if you mean real gold, I highly doubt it. It looks like some kind of pot metal.
I would personally go with the second one. It being graded means nothing to me, because I would rather have it raw. The first one has, what...
This one looks familiar. Didn't someone make a whole series on nothing but cathedrals. BTW, is that a die crack I see?:D
Welcome to CoinTalk. Sorry to hear about you experience with the Mint. But, no offense, welcome to the club!
Unless you can find a fantasy piece(which I doubt) you will not find anything from Guernsey with that date. But there is a 1/24 and 1/13...
It looks like a badly damaged CAM.
I can't really tell, but it looks like dramatic die fatigue. Lets wait for some error specialists.
We would have to see pictures to determine a grade and value. And when you say half penny do you mean British, Canadian , commonwealth, etc...
As far as I know there was no coinage in 1888, unless your looking for a fantasy piece or modern coinage.
Nice Medals! Love the second one.
I agree that it is more than likely post-mint. But man doesn't it look weird that the metal looks raised?
I am thinking more on the lines of XF(both). Neat coins! I recently bought a 1957 penny. I didn't realize that British West Africa had Edward...
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