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<p>[QUOTE="sylvester, post: 16767, member: 708"]Because the 1787 was not a strong one... the hair was virtually worn away, once you've seen a high grade one you'll know what i mean...</p><p><br /></p><p>It should look like this. (look at the Laurels and the hair). [no i'm not using different grading standards]. (William & Mary ones are in higher relief so a bit of wear shows more readily, than the same on a Geo III) This is a EF one...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.onlinecoins.co.uk/pp/pp1787cf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is AEF...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.onlinecoins.co.uk/viewcoin.php?itemid=16374&keepsession=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now maybe your sixpence is better than the image shows (that can happen) but look how the tone picks out the detail and shows it more strongly, your's has the same kinda tone but the detail still looks weak...</p><p><br /></p><p>hence why i said GF/AVF (Which isn't much below my VF 94).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sylvester, post: 16767, member: 708"]Because the 1787 was not a strong one... the hair was virtually worn away, once you've seen a high grade one you'll know what i mean... It should look like this. (look at the Laurels and the hair). [no i'm not using different grading standards]. (William & Mary ones are in higher relief so a bit of wear shows more readily, than the same on a Geo III) This is a EF one... [IMG]http://www.onlinecoins.co.uk/pp/pp1787cf.jpg[/IMG] This is AEF... [IMG]http://www.onlinecoins.co.uk/viewcoin.php?itemid=16374&keepsession=1[/IMG] Now maybe your sixpence is better than the image shows (that can happen) but look how the tone picks out the detail and shows it more strongly, your's has the same kinda tone but the detail still looks weak... hence why i said GF/AVF (Which isn't much below my VF 94).[/QUOTE]
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