1825 Halfcrown ef/unc

[Coinbuyer555 3]

Raw 1825 half crown with high quality fields and around unc, in my opinion.

 

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Edited December 25, 2017 by Coinbuyer555

[Peter 615]

VF and polished.

2/7d

[Peckris 579]

Ignore that! It's minimum EF but the downside are the scuff marks on the obverse. It doesn't look polished as Peter suggests, but it may well have been wiped quite hard with an unsuitable cloth.

[Peter 615]

Silver dip? Harsh cleaning and not near EF.Sorry to disagree Peck but this is what a good forum debate is about. I personally couldn't give it a place in my collection.

Maybe 2/8d and flip asap. Maybe the boiled egg treatment could calm it down.

[Peckris 579]

Yeah, possibly dipped, and I wouldn't have it in my collection either.

As for the wear, the reverse photo is not in focus so difficult to judge, but the obvious bits of the portrait - finer hair detail, ear, nose, chin, edge of bust - show virtually no signs of wear so I'd have to give minimum "EF for wear" on that alone.

[zookeeperz 470]

If it's anything like my coins in photographs its probably 10x better in the hand than from top down photo with all the light on 1 side. reverse although a little off focus looks lustered obverse has all the detail of an EF . Just a little bright for my taste  but we know pictures are very deceptive. I could show you a coin and you would all prob say VF. But if you saw it in the hand you would know it's UNC. 3D object with 2D image are mostly unflattering IMO for what it's worth