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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;7Jags, post: 8923823, member: 78719&quot;]All good points except this is the &quot;glamour&quot; PCGS photo so a bit of license there I suppose, and the coin does have brownish toning in hand. Also many florins and other Vicky silver not necessarily part of specimen sets were stored in cases that had a felt(y) sort of lining that gave purple colour. This coin has some &quot;finning&quot; to the rims from the original strike which may not always be seen on soft strikes. </p><p>One area that I go to on similar coins is the edge - what is wear or strike there appear to be? This coin appears to have some very light wear and examination of the fields and device/Victoria on the obverse appear to confirm that; the reverse has truly lovely fields in hand that don&#039;t seem to have as much handling which is a bit strange. The shields there are very, very soft indeed but the crown detail at top and bottom of the shields is quite decent.</p><p>What I would be interested in is seeing a better example - I was at the 1999 Spink sale that included&nbsp; what I think was about the finest Gothic florin sale I have seen (I think it was &quot;Property of a Gentleman&quot; or some such) and by recall there was not a coin to match.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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