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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;7Jags, post: 16084107, member: 78719&quot;]Occasionally one hears about with the passage of time the degradation of the engraving and appearance of Victorian silver coinage. IMHO this is best seen in the halfcrowns though seems to be true of other smaller denominations as well, including the shilling. The later shillings with the Fourth Head obverse have a tendency to look rather flat and so many including myself are thereby disappointed.</p><p>First Head coins are thought by most to be better engraved and more attractive and I tend to agree (mostly). Below I will show two First Head coins, 1838 and 1839. but then I will show an exceptional currency Fourth Head which just happens to be an 1882 that frankly is quite rare especially in this state of preservation. My photos are woeful as in hand all three are superior coins with no marks to speak of, but what do readers think?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1533950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1533951[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1839 and 1838 both with “WW” (these posted inversely so had to edit, sorry)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1533952[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1882</p><p><br /></p><p>I will not ask GTG but will say the 1839 and 1882 are IMHO correctly graded at 66 and the 1838 appears to nearly match with likely PL status.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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