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<p>[QUOTE="NorthKorea, post: 1788792, member: 29643"]<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/390650753440" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/390650753440" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/390650753440</a></p><p> </p><p>The nick on the rim is clearly shown in the listing. Second photo, in case you never bother to look at the photos. Details in the strike look too weak to be Maundy standard. BTW, rather than consistently overpaying for GB coins, check out Tony Clayton's site:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/coins.html</a></p><p> </p><p>As for the question on PCGS choosing to grade the coin, the nick, though deep, doesn't appear to reach the field of the coin, so they could grade it as acceptable to circulation.</p><p> </p><p>If you like the color, you should bid on this lot:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/151123604907" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/151123604907" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/151123604907</a></p><p> </p><p>Even though the nick is deep enough to get "details" graded (and it probably would be a VF coin, at that), being on the reverse, it might be tolerated. You get a better overall coin (eye appeal) for $5 less and get three additional coins for "free" in the process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NorthKorea, post: 1788792, member: 29643"][url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/390650753440[/url] The nick on the rim is clearly shown in the listing. Second photo, in case you never bother to look at the photos. Details in the strike look too weak to be Maundy standard. BTW, rather than consistently overpaying for GB coins, check out Tony Clayton's site: [url]http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/coins.html[/url] As for the question on PCGS choosing to grade the coin, the nick, though deep, doesn't appear to reach the field of the coin, so they could grade it as acceptable to circulation. If you like the color, you should bid on this lot: [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/151123604907[/url] Even though the nick is deep enough to get "details" graded (and it probably would be a VF coin, at that), being on the reverse, it might be tolerated. You get a better overall coin (eye appeal) for $5 less and get three additional coins for "free" in the process.[/QUOTE]
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