half Crowns

[craigy 362]

picked up a couple, seems to be hard to find George V with a nice obverse, do any of them look cleaned ? 

[craigy 362]

[craigy 362]

1914

 

 

Edited November 7, 2017 by craigy

[zookeeperz 470]

3 minutes ago, craigy said:

What is that marking in the right hand recess?  First one looks ok 2nd one looks like it could of had a wipe over Hard to tell from pics.

[craigy 362]

10 minutes ago, zookeeperz said:

What is that marking in the right hand recess?  First one looks ok 2nd one looks like it could of had a wipe over Hard to tell from pics.

dunno runs in a line across the coin, looks like tyre tracks lol

[ozjohn 552]

A 100 year old coin still bright that hasn't been cleaned in some way unlikely. Perhaps the question should be how carefully  was it cleaned?

[Coinery 926]

Sadly they are all very much cleaned, Craigy!

Edit: but if you love them, who cares!

Edited November 7, 2017 by Coinery

[craigy 362]

17 hours ago, Coinery said:

Sadly they are all very much cleaned, Craigy!

Edit: but if you love them, who cares!

i assume they will retone in the next 100 years lol

[Peckris 579]

Perhaps worth pointing out that the majority of pre-1920 halfcrowns turn up in that condition? (Average is GF - GVF). This is because so many were put aside when the silver content was reduced to 50% in 1920.

[jaggy 528]

I always like the half crown. Perhaps because my pocket money was increased from one shilling to 2/6d in 1964. That was a lot of money for a kid in those days.

Anyway, I have five George V half crowns. This is perhaps the nicest:

 

Edited November 20, 2017 by jaggy

[ozjohn 552]

Nice coin. What grade was allocated to this coin?

[jaggy 528]

16 minutes ago, ozjohn said:

Nice coin. What grade was allocated to this coin?

MS64

[VickySilver 775]

That's a very nice coin and much above average for uncirculated specimens!

[jaggy 528]

18 minutes ago, VickySilver said:

That's a very nice coin and much above average for uncirculated specimens!

Thanks. Not the greatest of photos as it was taken through the slab. 

As you know, it is not my main area of interest. But sometimes a (affordable) coin comes along that is too nice not to buy.