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...
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...
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....
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 ???
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...
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.
Some very good answers so far and helping me no end.
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 ?
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...
Ahh I see, thank you so much I am slowly learning, I don't rush into things these days as that can lead to buying something I regret.
Thankyou for your help, the dealer reckons that the first coin is in the best condition of the two I have shown here, when you say 'impaired...
Something that gets me though is why the nazis didnt confiscate all this coinage and melt it down for their war machine, some of the last weapons...
Thats so true, and also there is still a lot of them about still in good condition , about 2 weeks ago I picked up this beauty, love the design of...
This coin was only made for one year only and only 1 million were minted which is quite low for a circulating commemorative coin, they were made...
More than happy with this that arrived today, its a 1937 Dated Czechoslovakian 20 Korun coin made of .700 silver, this coin was made for one year...
He contacted me and says that what he put down was what he noted off the actual coins, I have used him many times and been happy, he reckons...
He has another for sale also a little cheaper, here is the pics of that one, I have emailed him asking for the weights of them both. Either of...
Firstly thankyou so much for giving me your time and expertise, I will do my best not to drive you mad, once I find the right coin I will be happy...
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