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  1. VickySilver
    Try household ammonia diluted by 50% with water and use cotton bud with post liberal rinse with water...
  2. VickySilver
    Yes, might have gotten the push for the date - although this is a threepence that is blown up to about 100X size! LOL! Really bad clashed dies on reverse as well. This along with the Dritanniar 1878 are my favourites of the lettering errors when in pristine (that one is a "64").
  3. VickySilver
    Bull has them listed as Maundy as well.....Really the strike is better than one would consider for a currency - although many currencies in the late 1860s were of better strike quality. Admittedly, Bull has many errors.... RRITANNIAR are very scarce to rare in higher grades, this from an old Spink list - from the halcyon days!
  4. VickySilver
    Quite. Not for the faint of heart, but I had a matte silver piece with a very unfortunate oxidation spot on the bust and was able to remove it with NO obvious stigma and preserving the otherwise lovely patina. I admit to being a bit scared. I am with Dave in that you simply will not see a 100 year old coin with blast white surfaces. Patina is removed by dipping but with enough (i.e. too much) dip one can begin to lose lustre as well.
  5. VickySilver
    Please see if you spot the significance of the above 1868 3d. I am not entirely sure it is not a lightly handled Maundy issue - and this comes from one who loves the series (guess readers might have guessed that).
  6. VickySilver
    Okay, some of the 20th C. patterns also! & a couple of the proofs like 1929, 1945....
  7. VickySilver
    Actually this is quite in my area - but alas, nothing to really trade. I am looking feverishly for an upgrade to the 1848 (/6) which mine is only GEF; possibly the 1850 if truly exceptional & some of the odd varietals of 1878 & 79 (okay, I said it, a variant of "hypervarietals"!).
  8. VickySilver
    They work a lot better with phone calls if you can manage (?).....I think all of us are probably small fish to them, and not really that they don't care but actually a small deal - they have always taken care of little bits fairly well. And your experiences with grading to me seem a microcosm of what is the general experience - some high, some low. Occasionally they are way off, but surprisingly IMO still reasonably satisfactory.
  9. VickySilver
    PM me and I will send you my email addy if you want a review. Can you weigh the coin as that would be crucial - please, please do NOT scratch the coin to check for plating, even though Rob is probably correct.
  10. VickySilver
    LOL, the last a bit bad there Dave - think I remember it? The OP coin is priced at bullion; IMO is a FAKE with lots of little detail wrong but obviously great care taken as there is a lot of [wrong] beard detail. The visage of the rider on reverse is wrong. Interestingly the edge which is where many of these, including Dave's, goes bad is actually quite decent.
  11. VickySilver
    I have had good success with ye olde acetone treatment...
  12. VickySilver
    I "won" a lot with DNW about 4-5 yrs ago and paid SEVEN TIMES estimate! I think they do this to attract bidders - if you think the better bits will go near estimate, then good luck. Be ready to pay above catalogue if you have to have a particular bit.
  13. VickySilver
    Bit out of my league, that one. I also thought it would go 200+. When will another come along?
  14. VickySilver
    Uhhhh, yes, as suggested demand may just have a bit to do with price realized. This is not for some obscure varietal ( my term "hyper-varietal") either, but an individual coin in an avidly collected series. That Irish 1938 bit has really made the rounds and gone unsold on many occasions; an obscure moneyer or other such is in a like boat. Also, don't forget there are actually only evidently THREE available 1933 pennies & doubt they are available other than theoretically.
  15. VickySilver
    Well, those were selected out as "rarities" and likely preferential saving to other dates. The 1925 becomes scarce to rare in high grades with totally unbagmarked specimens to my knowledge unknown - although there are a few out there that are quite choice.
  16. VickySilver
    I remember Baldwin trotting out this concept some years ago & believe they would bid on coins in their own auction for this fund - which at th time seemed a conflict of interest. Do people in any numbers invest their money this way? Can you post images of the offering literature Pete?
  17. VickySilver
    Really don't want to belabour it, but the edge pinch, the milling and rim as MH said. And at least I am not talking about whether the coin has tone or not as that does not enter into it IMO (except that too much dipping is a bad thing). Also, the bust device simply has more wear than an EF.
  18. VickySilver
    No extra marks for a coin of this vintage, at least as far as that goes. VF with issues is as far as I would go.
  19. VickySilver
    Apparently better lustre on the first specimen. Deeper engraved hair on the second with better obverse strike. I think the first has LESS actual wear than the first. Please see the brilliance of the field on the obverse and areas such as the lateral terminus of the brow ridge that appear to show less wear, although it may have been dipped on some occasion. IMO, engraving in the 1870s was not what it was in the 1840s and this is readily seen on the silver series as well. From the somewhat less-than-satisfactory images I would vote an EF on the first.
  20. VickySilver
    Yes, this is a common emote. I am more technical in grading, wear vs. weak strike are different entities IMO. Of course, all of us would rather have a fully struck pristine example but such pieces command very stiff premiums. I think this can be taken of advantage of buying weak strike technically uncirculated specimens and getting them slabbed by American TPG companies and then sold at Heritage or Stacks or the like (this really holds for rare dates).
  21. VickySilver
    This is quite often the case. Also, the hair esp. is not well struck up (versus actual wear) which is frequently the case. I'd not be surprised if this has been dipped as even that last bit of alloy will colour with oxidation over time. Still a nice piece, and depending on in-hand examination if without rub might still rate as unc. Meaning bag marks, but not wear from circulation.
  22. VickySilver
    Ouch! Yes, agreed on that as well. I mean a Glens half crown in the "good ole days" at GVF would still have lustre and NO problems, probably on order of a 50-55 at PCGS or NGC.
  23. VickySilver
    Then you go with the lower grade. But this is generally the case with these G4 half crowns. I think the coin genuine with an unfortunate edge "pinch" that further detracts from grade and value & do not believe on what we see that it is plated. VF money would be generous and I would be just as happy (or happier) to return that bit.
  24. VickySilver
    Ouch! Yes, I agree with the gist of it - is can not be called Legal Tender if it is NOT! Wasn't it Cook Islands or some such that reversed legality on their collector coins 20 or more years ago? Are we in the same league as them? I guess so....
  25. VickySilver
    Looks like nada for me....Not IMO an inspiring listing.
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