With the rim ding and scratches I doubt the 5 shillings would grade. The penny probably would, but I suspect it would not be worth the grading...
I believe that what you are calling haze is toning.
Looks to me like it's just the remains of some heavy black toning that did not come off when the coin was dipped.
Same answer I would give.
If that coin is graded higher than 63 I would be very surprised. And I would not try to -re-submit it either.
When going to a large show it's best to plan to spend the entire day, and often 1 day is not enough. People have gotten into the habit of using...
What I would question more than anything would be your estimate of value since I have no idea of what you base your estimate on. What you think...
As a genral rule, pawn shops, flea markets, estate sales, antique stores et al are the worst places in the world to shop for coins. This is...
Simple answer - random chance. There can be literally hundreds if not thousands of variables involved in how a given coin tones. Any one of those...
The reason could be due to anything, but the best way to get an accurate answer to your question is to just call NGC and ask them.
Conder - any estimate on when the 2nd edition will be available ?
Hard to say based on your pics but I'm inclined to say AU.
Looks that way to me.
No, I no longer own any coins at all.
Those charts are pretty much meaningless. In years past I have seen ICG have the highest rating, seen ANACS have the highest rating (of course...
I might just be the pics but I would guess it's been polished.
Terrible eye appeal in my opinion. The splotchy toning of the obverse and the ghosting on the reverse take away any better qualities that coin may...
I spent pretty much my whole life doing exactly that. But then I was never really a set collector, at least not in the way that most people are....
Personally I wouldn't bother. I don't think you'd have much chance of getting either of those in a regular slab.
Hard to say based on the pics but the '16 is iffy for MS in my opinion, and it is not FB. The '17 looks to be probably AU, but would have a...
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