1824 shilling - proof?

[Red Riley]

I have been asked to give my opinion as to whether this coin might be a proof, and although it's hardly an area of expertise, neither the edges nor the design look sharp enough to me. I would however appreciate a second, third, fourth... opinion!

Nice coin though.

I have been asked to give my opinion as to whether this coin might be a proof, and although it's hardly an area of expertise, neither the edges nor the design look sharp enough to me. I would however appreciate a second, third, fourth... opinion!

Nice coin though.

[Red Riley]

OK, I seem to have messed that up. Will try again when I've established what went wrong.

[Chris Perkins]

There's a problem at the moment attaching images. I can't work out why at the moment.

[Hussulo]

One way to get round it is to post the pictures on another site, image hoster, photo bucket etc.

Then click on the picture of the tree in the post message/reply message writing section.

Then copy and past the pictures url (www...) into the "enter the complete url" box.

Finaly post your message and this should work.

[scottishmoney]

PM the picture to me, I will put it on my webhost and post it back here.

[scottishmoney]

Dang, I like it. Looks good ta me

[Rob]

Not convinced. Although the fields look proof-like, the edge milling doesn't look sharp which you would expect on a proof and the design, particularly on the reverse certainly doesn't look up to standard. For example, the centre feature of the rev. should have 5 raised vertical lines, but there are none. The coin also looks as if it has been dipped. The rims on this series are not so wide as on other types, but again they do not look good enough. I would expect to see flat rims, not rounded or uneven ones. Personally I wouldn't buy it as a proof

Edited July 7, 2007 by Rob