numismatist Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 First is the Bole Specimen it says GRAINED edge, is that differant to the milled edge...................Second and third are mine. Its colour is a .925 silver colour quite unlike the normal .500 colour of pre 1947 coinsAny imput much appreciated .... thanks Michael Quote
numismatist Posted January 16, 2012 Author Posted January 16, 2012 Close up photo of my Obverse...Finish seems rather strange ? Quote
Nick Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 First is the Bole Specimen it says GRAINED edge, is that differant to the milled edge...................Second and third are mine. Its colour is a .925 silver colour quite unlike the normal .500 colour of pre 1947 coinsAny imput much appreciated .... thanks MichaelGrained edge means the same as milled edge. Your's is a belter of a sixpence, but I don't have any clue whether it's a specimen or not. Quote
Rob Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 The fields have a strange texture. Is it nickel? It's easy enough to check. Quote
Gary D Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 First is the Bole Specimen it says GRAINED edge, is that differant to the milled edge...................Second and third are mine. Its colour is a .925 silver colour quite unlike the normal .500 colour of pre 1947 coinsAny imput much appreciated .... thanks MichaelGrained edge means the same as milled edge. Your's is a belter of a sixpence, but I don't have any clue whether it's a specimen or not.I would say not. If you look at the obverse rim it wider than the specimen and uneven width, wider at the top than botton. The whole idea of a specimen strike is to take extra care when striking and use specially prepared dies. Quote
numismatist Posted January 16, 2012 Author Posted January 16, 2012 Thanks all, my rim is a bit weak at the bottom. The " Bole " one said silvered finish.How can you test Nickle Rob ? Dont suppose easy to test .925 Silver from .500 ? Quote
davidrj Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Thanks all, my rim is a bit weak at the bottom. The " Bole " one said silvered finish.How can you test Nickle Rob ? Dont suppose easy to test .925 Silver from .500 ?Nickel is magnetic, cupronickel and silver arent Quote
Peckris Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 First is the Bole Specimen it says GRAINED edge, is that differant to the milled edge...................Second and third are mine. Its colour is a .925 silver colour quite unlike the normal .500 colour of pre 1947 coinsAny imput much appreciated .... thanks MichaelYour 1924 is almost identical to mine (we both have gems!) - I don't see any difference compared to mine. All that series 1920 - 1925 look very silvery when BU unlike the larger silver denominations. The only discolouration I have is to my 1923 which although BU has a yellowish/gold colour rather than silver-white. Quote
numismatist Posted January 17, 2012 Author Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks, tried my magnet and its not magnetic. Strange that the smaller denominations are very silveryin top grades, whilst the large coins always look the usual .500 pre 47 colour. Its all very usefullearning new things . Never knew nickle was magnetic. Quote
Red Riley Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks all, my rim is a bit weak at the bottom. The " Bole " one said silvered finish.How can you test Nickle Rob ? Dont suppose easy to test .925 Silver from .500 ?To tell .925 from .5, take a known example of each (i.e. pre- and post- 1920 but not 1920 itself) and drop gently onto a hard surface - the ring will be entirely different. Now compare your coin. 99.99% certain to be .5 I would have thought. Quote
Peckris Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks, tried my magnet and its not magnetic. Strange that the smaller denominations are very silveryin top grades, whilst the large coins always look the usual .500 pre 47 colour. Its all very usefullearning new things . Never knew nickle was magnetic.I wonder if it's because the rims are proportionately larger on the small denominations? Therefore would protect the lustre better and for longer. Quote
DaveG38 Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 You need to make sure that you are comparing like with like, when considering this sixpence with other denominations. During the early days of the new 50:50 silver, the mint experimented with different alloys for the non-silver content of the coins. So, you will find 50% copper used, 40% copper and 10% Nickel plus 45% copper and 5% Manganese.As far as I know, the sixpence was only produced in different alloys up to 1922, in which year there are two types, one dull and one bright. This is the same for the other denominations. However, the 'dull' types used either the Nickel or Manganese alloys and although both are classed as 'dull', they may in fact exhibit slightly different finishes. So, as I say be careful you are comparing coins of the same type, when looking at other denominations against the sixpence, especially when comaparing with dates from 1920 to 1922. Quote
numismatist Posted January 17, 2012 Author Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks again for all the great unput. I will try and find a couple of same date (1924)and try and see if the sounds differ. I see the point about the thicker rim, it certainlygive more protection to the design . I think the up to date scrap dealers have a sort oflazer device to tell the grade of scrap and sort it out. I wonder if they can also testsilver (without damage) may be worth just checking the silver content that way I suppose ? Quote
VickySilver Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Does not appear the specimen. I have seen the other specimen 6d of 1924, part of the set. I think this may be on the www.HA.com archives from about 6-8 yrs ago (the whole set including the "wondrous" 1922 rev. 1927 penny).Yours looks well struck and to be an early strike of what should most likely be a 0.500. coin. Quote
Peckris Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Does not appear the specimen. I have seen the other specimen 6d of 1924, part of the set. I think this may be on the www.HA.com archives from about 6-8 yrs ago (the whole set including the "wondrous" 1922 rev. 1927 penny).Yours looks well struck and to be an early strike of what should most likely be a 0.500. coin.That just takes me to the home page. Do you have a URL to that particular item, or at least, sale? Quote
josie Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Does not appear the specimen. I have seen the other specimen 6d of 1924, part of the set. I think this may be on the www.HA.com archives from about 6-8 yrs ago (the whole set including the "wondrous" 1922 rev. 1927 penny).Yours looks well struck and to be an early strike of what should most likely be a 0.500. coin.That just takes me to the home page. Do you have a URL to that particular item, or at least, sale?Just posting.http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=340&lotNo=15206 Quote
Peckris Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Does not appear the specimen. I have seen the other specimen 6d of 1924, part of the set. I think this may be on the www.HA.com archives from about 6-8 yrs ago (the whole set including the "wondrous" 1922 rev. 1927 penny).Yours looks well struck and to be an early strike of what should most likely be a 0.500. coin.That just takes me to the home page. Do you have a URL to that particular item, or at least, sale?Just posting.http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=340&lotNo=15206Thanks Josie :-) Shame there's no images, but that is the set, for sure. Quote
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