1917 Standing Liberty Quarter - is it right?

Forgive me for straying outside my usual home territory in Foreign Coins. I am in the UK and have picked up this Quarter with a whole load of other silver. When I check it in Krause and online I see it could make reasonable money (USD 20 to 30) but also there are a lot of copies being sold for a lot less. How can I tell if this one is right or not? Weight comes out at 6.2g to the nearest 0.1g...

Thanks for any assistance provided.

 

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Weight sound correct 6.25G

 

Unless it's the fact that the environmental damage on a high grade coin is making it look unusual to me...

Edit- Ah, see, not in my wheelhouse. Glad these guys think it looks real.

 

It looks right to me, Paddy. The 1917 is always a very good find. What the hell is it doing all the way over there by you?

 

Real.

 

Looks good to me but you need to send it back to the US of A. Too bad it toned dark but a 1917 is a good date.

 

Thanks for all that - I am reassured! I will probably post it on Ebay in the next few days, whence it will probably make it back to the US of A. (Unless someone makes me an offer for it that I cannot refuse first!)

 

1917 Standing Liberty Type II

 

Yes, I purchased one in 2014 that was AU50. It costs me $72. I'm thinking that this one could go F12 but it doesn't have much eye appeal to me. You may be able to get $40 for it to the right buyer.

 

As Mikenoodle pointed out, make sure you price it as a Type II. The Type I is a lot more expensive, but unfortunately you don't have that one.

 

Thanks for all the tips. I have it scheduled to start on Ebay tonight along with some other non-British Silver coins from the same job lot. Hopefully it will be visible in the US, although I am never certain with Ebay!

 

Any way to get that black crud off without harming the surfaces of the coin?
It looks like there's some nice detail left under all the schmutz.

 

I'm sure there is but I have found it better to let new buyers make the decision on that! Acetone may shift some of the grease, but after that you need very careful use of stronger chemicals. Silver dip would shift it but leaves the metal very "matt" and lacking any tone. Anything that leaves a shine usually does so by abrading the surface. I have heard cotton bud dipped in ammonia can work wonders but I am not prepared to risk it.

 

Looks OK to me.

Environmental damage though.

 

My best guess is

a WWI doughboy spent it while in England on leave or coming home from France.

 

probably circulated as a shilling.

 

Exchange rate would have been about right for that.

 

Good find Paddy! I would grade it as at least VF35 as is. Like someone said earlier, probably some Doughboy brought it over there, over there...

 

Looks like a metal detector find. Lost not too long after it left the Philadelphia Mint.

 

I think its beautiful!!!