Coin aquisition of the week.......

[declan03 149]

[Paddy 1,400]

Got this one today as an upgrade - 1770 Halfpenny:

 

[declan03 149]

[Paulus 1,878]

A few nice farthing newbies courtesy of Colin Goode (Aboutfarthings):

 

[Descartes 148]

Of the four hammered pennies I won on Timeline auctions this week, this is the one I'm most pleased to add to my collection!  

Henry VIII sovereign penny, 2nd coinage, mm. rose

[jasonsewell 7]

On 23/02/2018 at 0:43 PM, declan03 said:

Stunning HC Declan. 

[Peter 613]

20 hours ago, Paulus said:

A few nice farthing newbies courtesy of Colin Goode (Aboutfarthings):

 

Keep off the farthings Paul..I'm denting my daughters inheritance with these bad boys.Your 1886 is lush although not a difficult date.Get a 1859 or even a 1775 the 1852 can also bite your wallet.I also like 1679 and George 1 offerings.

[craigy 362]

bit of an impulse buy, nice looking coin, always wanted one in my collection, King John Irish penny 

[Ukstu 425]

8 minutes ago, craigy said:

bit of an impulse buy, nice looking coin, always wanted one in my collection, King John Irish penny 

Nice coin! You don't often see those in good condition. 

[craigy 362]

6 minutes ago, Ukstu said:

Nice coin! You don't often see those in good condition. 

bit weak on the obverse and out of line on the reverse but it looks sound and not cleaned as so many are, these coins seem to have dropped in price the last few years for some reason 

[copper123 1,273]

Got this at the weekend for my jh type set shout if you want the obverse

[copper123 1,273]

Edited February 28, 2018 by copper123
Here it is anyway - just a few marks grade it short of unc

[ozjohn 488]

My latest acquisition a 1906 florin NGC MS 61 which IMO I think a tad undergraded.

 

 

Edited March 2, 2018 by ozjohn
Extra image by mistake

[RLC35 286]

11 hours ago, ozjohn said:

My latest acquisition a 1906 florin NGC MS 61 which IMO I think a tad undergraded.

 

 

 

Oz,

If you had dipped it first, before sending it to the grader, you would have probably got a MS64 or 65. That would have brightened the patina. Nice coin.

[ozjohn 488]

 

5 hours ago, RLC35 said:

 

Oz,

If you had dipped it first, before sending it to the grader, you would have probably got a MS64 or 65. That would have brightened the patina. Nice coin.

Thanks RLC35 the coin was already slabbed before I received it. I think it is always better to buy the coin not the grade assigned to it.

[ozjohn 488]

Another slabbed coin. I'm making a habit of this. This time NGC MS 64 1897 Florin possibly slightly over graded with a few bag marks and a minor edge knock  at 9 o' clock. Never the less still a very nice high grade coin.

[Coinery 804]

18 hours ago, ozjohn said:

Another slabbed coin. I'm making a habit of this. This time NGC MS 64 1897 Florin possibly slightly over graded with a few bag marks and a minor edge knock  at 9 o' clock. Never the less still a very nice high grade coin.

Looks nice, OJ, to be fair, but doesn’t anyone ever worry about the potential edge knocks at 11, 2, 5 and 7, it’s the best part of 30% we can’t see?

[ozjohn 488]

One of the issues with slabbed coins I guess.

[PWA 1967 1,663]

No.....as in the majority of cases the coin is photographed before putting in the plastic and should be rejected for an EK.

Having had a look NGC dont and take pictures after ...Do they reject them for an EK or just down grade, as a good question if your buying it already in the plastic but cant see it 

 

Edited March 6, 2018 by PWA 1967

[Rob 2,865]

49 minutes ago, PWA 1967 said:

No.....as in the majority of cases the coin is photographed before putting in the plastic and should be rejected for an EK.

Having had a look NGC dont and take pictures after ...Do they reject them for an EK as a good question if your buying it already in the plastic but cant see it 

 

I think you will find both NGC and PCGS are fairly lenient. There's damage and there's damage. I suspect if it is hidden they don't reject it. The attached was in a PCGS 64 slab. The obverse has a smaller nick in a different position on the rim. Both were hidden by the surrounding medium in an earlier slab without the prongs. I once had an 1817 proof shilling ex NGC PF63 which had a similarly covered edge mark once slabbed. Needless to say, not best pleased in either case.

As you tend to avoid coins with damage, slabbed or not, I don't have much data on coins that I think should have been rejected based on their criteria. For NGC, my main observation has been where they have slabbed repaired coins, which if you believe the story should be rejected.

[PWA 1967 1,663]

Thanks Rob although the grading is obviously done before putting in plastic and doubt they guess were the prongs will be 

Think if they dont reject them and you cant see a full picture its abit tricky,maybe most are not broken out so on the odd occasion the buyer is none the wiser.

[Paulus 1,878]

A few newbies this week. First up, my first Pidcock's Conder farthing:

[will1976 228]

7 minutes ago, Paulus said:

A few newbies this week. First up, my first Pidcock's Conder farthing:

Very nice Paulus I bought 'the beaver/lion' a few weeks back from the series. Will see if I can get a picture up tomorrow

[Paulus 1,878]

13 minutes ago, will1976 said:

Very nice Paulus I bought 'the beaver/lion' a few weeks back from the series. Will see if I can get a picture up tomorrow

Look forward to seeing it!

 

[Paulus 1,878]

Next up, an attractive mid-grade (imo) 1771 ha'penny