I purchased this 1872 Victoria Penny yesterday for $12 (or just about 10 British pounds on the dot), in a flip marked "VF", which it seems better than to me given it has original mint luster. However I am not overly familiar with grading these coins. My best guess is AU-something by American grading standards, but the missing detail on Britannia's clothes are throwing me off - I am guessing this is because of wear, but could it also be strike weakness given the amount of remaining mint luster? Would appreciate any input on grade.
Too much wear in the hair, chest, shield and robe. I'd say XF-45. It may have been a real weak strike to start with to have still some "red"
If I was grading it for my personal collection I think I'd probably call it XF. I think a TPG would put it around 50 or 53.
Looking at the shield I say a weak strike on worn dies...especially with that crack...however...its got a MPD 72 in the denticles. take a very close look enlarge the image. Bingo a winner Lol the 1 and 8 also their tops arre present..blow up the image
The top of the 1 lays over the 2 denticles directly under the 1 The top of the 8 loop bridge the two denticles The 7 top as well the doweward flag on the 7 And the top of the two can be seen the curve around the denticles. See the images and compare the marked areas to the zoomed in image.
Not being versed in foreign coins, what does any of that mean? How does it affect the grade of the coin?
Varities don't have effect the grade,only add value for having the variety. Now in other countries...they count things as a variety...that here we don't. They sometimes consider die chips,die cracks as a variety. Here we don't. But a mpd mis placed date is a variety.as its a date stamped in a place to hide or by mistake as the punch may have jumped when hit to set a digit.
