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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2339575, member: 69760&quot;]MS-67 sounds pretty darn good for an older, non-modern coin, at least to me anyway!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I&#039;m going to submit this WWII Irish coin in soon, and I hope it&#039;ll get close to that. Yes, I can try and grade, but once I get into the MS grades beyond MS-63 or so, my mind can&#039;t settle on a grade. I question every little detail - I really can&#039;t help it... but one day, it&#039;ll click. Hopefully...</p><p><br /></p><p>My camera skills don&#039;t do this 1942 Ireland Shilling justice.</p><p>There&#039;s more of the full original cartwheel luster shown in the blurry third pic, while having the depth and breadth of color of the first two pics. It&#039;s a total keeper.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/kovacs22/P1070442_zpsemnvdbes.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/kovacs22/P1070440_zpsfkkg1roa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/kovacs22/P1070441_zpseahoelhd.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And, regarding the general discussion here, I see this hobby about sharing about what you have and getting feedback. I love seeing pics of what others have and I often revise my wish list that way because I see something new, either the coin in its entirety or certain aspects of the coin (in fact, I believe that every thread requires pics! But that&#039;s for a different discussion...). I would love to see what treasures you all found, be it raw or be it deals. I learn something new almost every time others or I share something, be it pics or more questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some may share their collection to the extreme, whatever the motive is, but I see nothing wrong with what most collectors seem to be doing, especially with non-moderns. If longtime collectors who are numismatic experts, either trained or in their own right, don&#039;t share their pics/collections, then the not-yet-Guru collectors won&#039;t know and learn what they&#039;re missing out on. Granted, most of you all have been awesome at sharing numismatic information. Sharing keeps us grounded. Sharing is caring!</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, if I call the &#039;42 Irish Shilling above an MS-66, and you all agree, and NGC says it&#039;s an MS-66, then it&#039;s a fun little game we all win at! If I call this an MS-66, some of you may call it MS-65, others MS-64+, and it comes back as MS-64, then we all lose that round lol. Yes, your expert grades can be valid or even more accurate, as this is pretty subjective in nature especially given the grades off of photos, but I make a game out of what the TPG will say. Unless NGC says that this is an MS-68 or higher, then we can all say that NGC screwed up and I somehow ended up with a &quot;world record&quot; lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, sorry for the long rant-like discussion and for adding more stuff to this post lol[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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