ozjohn Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EDWARD-VII-1910-SILVER-HALFCROWN-PCGS-MS62/274304517864?hash=item3fddd2c6e8:g:d3gAAOSwvXReal8B I know I keep on banging on about TPGers but I have difficulty in a MS 62 grading for this coin by PCGS Quote
RLC35 Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 4 hours ago, ozjohn said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EDWARD-VII-1910-SILVER-HALFCROWN-PCGS-MS62/274304517864?hash=item3fddd2c6e8:g:d3gAAOSwvXReal8B I know I keep on banging on about TPGers but I have difficulty in a MS 62 grading for this coin by PCGS Oz, That is definitely a nice coin, but is difficult to grade because of the surface tarnish. It needs a quick "dip" to clean it up a little bit. The lions heads on the reverse are very good, but where the Crown sets on the shield, there is definite wear. The obverse head also looks like it has wear. Still it is a nice coin...though not a ms-62...so I agree with you on that. Quote
VickySilver Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 The obverse has issues beyond a soft strike as the surface does not appeal (even subtracting the toning), and key areas like the ear, angle of jaw, fleur du lis (it is early here!) and orb cross at top of crown do show friction. I could possibly accept as a 58 - maybe - with the usual caveat that it must be seen in hand. Quote
1949threepence Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 At first glance MS62 seems overgraded. But would need to see in hand. Certainly not got much eye appeal - IMO any rate. Quote
Sword Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 The slab is in MS condition though. No scratches visible. 2 Quote
1949threepence Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 3 hours ago, Sword said: The slab is in MS condition though. No scratches visible. Well that's a relief ...... Quote
ozjohn Posted March 14, 2020 Author Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) I noticed there is a video attached to the Ebay listing for this item showing the coin being examined. The coin looks much better in this video than the photos supplied in the listing. In the video you can see the edge of the coin quite clearly and that looks pretty good. Perhaps it is just a lightly struck coin. Like some of the replies say it looks better in the hand as it is hard to get a good picture when photographing through a plastic capsule. The PCGS photos don't help the coin either. Edited March 14, 2020 by ozjohn typo Quote
JLS Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, ozjohn said: I noticed there is a video attached to the Ebay listing for this item showing the coin being examined. The coin looks much better in this video than the photos supplied in the listing. In the video you can see the edge of the coin quite clearly and that looks pretty good. Perhaps it is just a lightly struck coin. Like some of the replies say it looks better in the hand as it is hard to get a good picture when photographing through a plastic capsule. The PCGS photos don't help the coin either. Yeah, it does look a fair bit nicer in the video. To me, probably a bit better than EF; lots of lustre, minimal wear on devices, just weakly struck with ugly toning. Quote
ozjohn Posted March 14, 2020 Author Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) It seems that the quality of strike for 1910 halfcrowns could be variable. Here's my 1910 halfcrown.. Firstly the reverse is a better strike than the obverse and I would grade it as UNC. The obverse is a weaker strike but given the reverse you have to cut some slack as both sides of the coin should wear evenly. As a result I would give an overall grade of gEF for the coin. In summary a very nice coin. I think I would prefer this coin to the PCGS example. Edited March 14, 2020 by ozjohn typo 1 Quote
Paddy Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 Here is mine - possibly even sharper on the reverse but with one or two irregularities around the edge: 4 Quote
VickySilver Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 Ah Paddy that one shows quite nicely,some of these later Eddies really suffer in strike. Not to derail but I have had a devil of a time getting decent 1908 shillingsd and florins. Quote
Stuntman Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 I'd be delighted to own either Paddy or ozjohn's 1910 half crowns 😄 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) Edited March 14, 2020 by Peckris 2 2 Quote
VickySilver Posted March 15, 2020 Posted March 15, 2020 Beware attack of the pie plates! This is mine and I don't know how to downsize so apologise in advance: 3 Quote
ozjohn Posted March 15, 2020 Author Posted March 15, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Peckris 2 said: That's a very strange effect around the the Scottish lion? Overall a very nice fully struck obverse. Edited March 15, 2020 by ozjohn typo Quote
Peckris 2 Posted March 16, 2020 Posted March 16, 2020 On 3/15/2020 at 3:26 AM, ozjohn said: That's a very strange effect around the the Scottish lion? Overall a very nice fully struck obverse. Probably due to this being a scan picture, and then blown up to double size. On the coin itself that effect isn't present. Quote
ozjohn Posted March 16, 2020 Author Posted March 16, 2020 9 hours ago, Peckris 2 said: Probably due to this being a scan picture, and then blown up to double size. On the coin itself that effect isn't present. I think you are right. An interaction between the scanning pixel size and the computer display size aliasing perhaps. Quote
Peckris 2 Posted March 17, 2020 Posted March 17, 2020 On 3/16/2020 at 9:47 PM, ozjohn said: I think you are right. An interaction between the scanning pixel size and the computer display size aliasing perhaps. And enlarging to double size hasn't helped. Quote
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