It's not the Royal Mint that's the fool, it's the buyer(s). As the saying goes, it doesn't hurt to ask/offer. It's only crazy to pay those...
Based solely on the average/limited pics, I'd say 63...maybe on the up-side toward a 64 and maybe PL in either case. Everyone has coins they feel...
OK trivia (and hamburger buffs)...Who said, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"...? If I saw that burger with fries and a soda...
The coin appears cleaned to be, not so much to do with the scratches but more the "look" of natural v. cleaned copper/luster.
Regarding the photo vis the link, interesting that NGC (and have seen also with PCGS) can/does orient their reverse labels to fit the straight-up...
I'd say more a strike issue than wear...will go with 65, but not FH (from limited photo view)
Since you mentioned consigning Austrian coins over there, what led you to that decision vs. somewhere here, in US/Canada...? Am not very familiar...
Wouldn't matter...that nutty-acorn "shield" is an error in/of itself, so no such thing as an error on an error...even if it were an error.
Nyet...!
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Especially Heritage/HA...they look down their nose way too much/too often when I dealt with them (which I don't do anymore)...my experience.
May have shared this...sorry/hard to recall...but I went to a local country estate/farm auction a couple weeks ago...an 1895-S...
Just get yourself a Red Book...a guide...or go online to one of the many price-guides and take a look.
No date, no way...unless you want to destroy the house to find the mouse...and what good is that...? Just my opinion.
Sorry buddy...a lot of photo-fanatics around here...but with good intentions. One tip: always show the reverse slab with the coin oriented...
It's a genuine coin and 3-legged to be sure...not "FRAUD, FAKE"...some sort of random or deliberate but not nefarious, post-mint issue with the...
Not a top coin...circulation evident/worse than many/most that I've seen of this bi-centennial year/variety, if still not bad. Since so many were...
Was advertised as a P...and yes, your eyes are deceiving you. No mint mark...not visible, not there, n-o-t-h-i-n-g...:woot:
Answer: Only if you didn't have any common sense(cents)...! The .95, .98, .99 thing on prices is ridiculous...an insult to intelligence...and...
Thank you, Tibor...! Never won anything of a contest in my life...save for maybe drawing straws or flipping a coin...and on Fathers Day, no less...!
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