ozjohn

Checked mine. Strait as. Yours is a nice coin a good candiate for the toned coin thread.

Thought someone may have had an opinion on fakes flooding the market. Perhaps you are happy being ripped off?

Plenty of fakes around already especially early young head halfcrowns. Although I think I can spot them not so sure about new collectors. Sellers of these on ebay for the most part offer them as replicas. However I have seen second generation sellers offering them as genuine. All fakes have the ability to affect collectors' confidence.

Stop press it seems that it was sold and now resisted. Sale must have fallen through.

Perhaps. Their money is as good as anyone else. IMO the quality was good but the price was high however !912 halfcrowns in UNC grade are pretty thin on the ground from my experience and in this case someone was prepared to pay that price to own it.

It sold pretty quickly for $US 399.00 which is a heavy price for a MS 61 1912 halfcrown. Someone thought it was ok. The price given on Values of Coins of the UK site is GBP 178 ( $US 217) for UNC.

An AU 58 for comparison. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1912-Great-Britain-Half-Crown-PCGS-AU-58-Nice-original-coin-/262300976606?hash=item3d125b45de:g:~vYAAOSwuAVWydT0 Which leads to my main concern regarding TPGs. That is consistency.

At the risk of being branded a whinger another poorly graded coin IMO . This time the other way as I think this coin has been significantly under graded. A MS 64/64 would be more appropriate I think. Perhaps a few bag marks on the truncated neck but the fields look pretty good. Attached pix shows my example of this date. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-1912-George-V-Half-Crown-NGC-MS61-rare-silver-coin-/282195581135?

Half fartings I like it.

Coin removed from capsule and dipped in Bicarb. of Soda plus aluminium foil. Process seemed to be very slow perhaps on account it's a 50% silver coin. I'm reasonably happy with the result. It's certainly much better than before

The coin seems to have been encapsulated some time ago and on checking the PGCS site there is a record of the coin but no photo available. I agree it is unlikely that the plastic would affect the coin however perhaps it was contaminated prior to encapsulation. I have no idea if these TPG companies degrease the coin with acetone or similar prior to encapsulation. May be it's time to find out how to remove the coin from its capsule and dip it in bicarb.of soda and aluminum foil to improve its eye appeal rather than follow PWA 1967's unhelpful comments.

I have a 1922 PCGS graded MS63 halfcrown that seems to have a very uneven tone. My question is since owning this coin the toning seems to have increased disfiguring the coin further. I am wondering if this may be due to impurities in the plastic capsule and if anyone else ha had this issue. Any comments please.

Aida you are right Scotland is not an independent country and as such would not have the power to become independent. This power of course rests with the Westminster government. If the independence referendum was carried I think the Westminster government would have granted independence to Scotland. I also got the feeling at the time that independence ment independence and the Westminster government were going to drive a very hard bargain.

A lower pound makes any threat from the EU on tariffs look pretty silly as U.K. goods will be still competing perhaps more so. Remember the fall of the GBP after the ERM which lead to a decade of economic growth. Perhaps you may import some inflation which may not be such a bad thing as deflation is seen as the new evil. From my point of view at present buying coins from the UK in cheaper hence my initial comment. On a general note I personally commend the UK for voting to leave the EU monster as it is a compleatly different organisation that seeks to subvert national governments as its priority rather than a free trade zone which the UK joined originally.

Ireland is not part of the Schengen zone as they refused to join it because they did not want to lose their long standing right to enter the UK without border controls. Azda. An independent Scotland will have to accept what ever conditions the EU require of them to become a member of the EU. Scotland has not the clout to make any demands.. They would be at the mercy of the what ever the EU demands.To be quite honest with you I think England would be quite happy to see the back of Scotland and the possibility of a controlled border IMO would be a logical consequence if Scotland joined the EU and was forced to become part of the Schengen zone which is very likely given Scotland's extremely weak position as an independent nation.

I noticed called the EU FU sorry for the mistake.

The lower GBP has made coins sourced from the UK cheaper at present however the attendant inflation that will come from the drop in the GBP's value will probably increase coin values over time. Maybe some inflation not such a bad thing given the risk of deflation at this time. As to Brexit I applaud the UK for making such a decision as the FU has morphed from a free trade agreement into a monster that has one aim to destroy economies by foisting a unrealistic currency on its members, uncontrolled migration as well as usurping the laws of its member states. Much has been made of the UK being locked out of trade with the EU because of tariffs. The truth is the change in the GBP's value will more than compensate for that eventuality. As for Scotland if they want to go I think they have more to lose by taking this action. They also risk having a controlled border with the rest of the UK if they join the EU given they will have to become part of the Schengen as part of the conditions of joining the EU as immigration was a major issue during the Brexit debate. I cannot see the UK leaving the back door open after voting to close off uncontrolled immigration .Of course they will have to join the Euro and tolerate the EU interfering with their legal system in addition to the question of the viability of Scotland surviving as an independent state which sunk the earlier referendum still remains

Very nice even if I'm not really a shilling man.

Gentlemen, Gentlemen careful or you will be sent to the negative thread naughty step.

Nice coin they're finally minting them correctly just before the design change.

Sword, You are right about the toning on Edward coins. Here's my 1902 HC not to the same extent as yours but a similar effect. I've never noticed it before

See above post.

Nordle11, Thank you for your support. All I can say unless this forum can remain free and frank for its members to express their opinions regarding coin issues then it might as well close. Thankfully I think it is bigger than that and will continue for a long time into the future.

I'm impressed.

You tell that to the large number of CGS customers who are fed up with the high handed way they have treated their clients. Time will tell but IMO they will be out of business as a TPG if they maintain their business model. When I first heard of CGS I thought this is good someone different from the US domination of the TPG market but I plus many of their customers have been disappointed. If you do not like in this thread don't read it. The whole point of a forum such as this to discuss these issues. If you think CGS are such a wonderful organization then start a thread to praise their activities. Not sure on the support you will get but I will support to the end your right to do so.