The lustre actually better in hand: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice coin. A lot of history there....Tough times.
You are quite right, and eventually I may have to if it is to come for sale. At one time it was not as important. The Monaco coin went for 50k...
Of course that is always the way out, and I agree: seeing it in hand. Since that is not our medium for viewing, then perhaps referring to it by...
AFIK, they will occasionally send GB coins to GB for experts to look at. However, I know of an instance where they did NOT take the advice of the...
Rob, I think you are mostly right. There are some coins that are difficult to evaluate as the presentation may occasionally surpass the ability to...
Because the actual number is likely incorrect, not the definition.
Perhaps you need to review PCGS's own definition of Proof [70] if you want to be perfect: "The PCGS 70 grading standard DOES ALLOW for "as minted"...
Can't argue with Rob.
Yes, I agree with that bit. However, would you appreciate the opinion of Mr. Steve Hill who has seen this in person? Or how about Mark Rasmussen?...
While I agree, the grade is inordinately low IMO. I have also seen them to variably grade proof and specimen coins of GB. Please check the picture...
OK, this coin graded PCGS Proof63DC. The lines are on the flans and in hand not seen. That adjacent to the crown on the reverse is a die and/or...
Well, if it should come time to sell, the numerical grade is critical to price achieved. It is slabbed now in a grade that really does not make...
OK, this is an Halfcrown from the famous "Baldwin's Basement" of the Good Ole Days. I will tell you it is as nice as I've seen and precisely why I...
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Probably the wrong place to post, and I consider myself a Christian but sitting beside the grand cenote at Chichen I had one of the most spiritual...
Excellent. These RRITANNIARs have always seemed a bit contrived as rarities for the reasons you've pointed out. I do confess to having an 1868 3d....
The earlier Britannias were "standard", or came as reverse proof coins. I too wonder about Britannia mintages as if you look hard enough, there...
I am def. in the AU camp, the OP pictures are "pie-plate" sized and in hand would not be so prominent. This is right up my alley as I used to do...
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