ozjohn Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 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? Quote
ozjohn Posted October 26, 2016 Author Posted October 26, 2016 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. Quote
azda Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, ozjohn said: 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. There seems to be scratches in the OBV which TPGs especially PCGS don't like and will mark down a coin for that I sent the attached pic to PCGS, it came back as only MS60. Edited October 26, 2016 by azda Quote
VickySilver Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 IMO, the only thing that saved the OP coin from the AU58 status was the very nice reverse. The obv. just has a lot of "action" as far as friction in the hair and beard especially. Quote
ozjohn Posted October 27, 2016 Author Posted October 27, 2016 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. Quote
azda Posted October 27, 2016 Posted October 27, 2016 2 hours ago, ozjohn said: 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. Probably an American buyer Quote
ozjohn Posted October 27, 2016 Author Posted October 27, 2016 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. Quote
ozjohn Posted October 27, 2016 Author Posted October 27, 2016 Stop press it seems that it was sold and now resisted. Sale must have fallen through. Quote
azda Posted October 28, 2016 Posted October 28, 2016 9 hours ago, ozjohn said: Stop press it seems that it was sold and now resisted. Sale must have fallen through. Or maybe the buyer read the forum Quote
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