Sword Posted June 29, 2020 Posted June 29, 2020 Latest addition and awaiting delivery. High grade Jubilee Head florins (except for 1887) are not easy to come by. Hence, I have got this instead of waiting for an UNC example. How would you grade it? GEF? 1 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted June 29, 2020 Posted June 29, 2020 Yes, most people would grade it EF+ or even AUnc as what at first glance looks like minimal wear may be no more than rubbing from being stored. Nice coin. 2 Quote
Rob Posted June 29, 2020 Posted June 29, 2020 Possibly a few too many contact marks on the obverse? 1 Quote
ozjohn Posted June 30, 2020 Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) My latest acquisition to up grade my original 1817 Bull head halfcrown. The coin looks much better in the hand. Edited June 30, 2020 by ozjohn 4 Quote
Sword Posted June 30, 2020 Posted June 30, 2020 11 hours ago, Rob said: Possibly a few too many contact marks on the obverse? I was debating that point with myself. There are quite a few marks on the obverse but they are not deep. Will soon be able to see how it looks in hand. Quote
Sword Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 The florin has arrived and the obverse tone is richer than shown in the photos. Although the obverse fields are not "clean", the marks are light and have toned in. Hence, they mostly cannot be seen without magnification. Reasonably happy with it. There is one thing I have never understood. Why do double florins have both Roman and Arabic One for 1887 and then just Arabic for later years? One theory is that the Roman I was a "mistake" and was corrected later. I never believed this as the florins used just the Roman One all the way through. Any ideas? Quote
Diaconis Posted January 16, 2022 Posted January 16, 2022 1689 4d, Obv. GVLIELM (V/inverted A) S ?? Rev. Unbarred A in REGINA 1 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/16/2022 at 2:51 PM, Diaconis said: 1689 4d, Obv. GVLIELM (V/inverted A) S ?? Rev. Unbarred A in REGINA The first looks very much like V over A .. except that the bar looks much too thick? Given the thin-ness of the bar on an A it's also possible that it's simply worn right away on the die rather than being an unbarred A? 1 Quote
Diaconis Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Peckris 2 said: The first looks very much like V over A .. except that the bar looks much too thick? Given the thin-ness of the bar on an A it's also possible that it's simply worn right away on the die rather than being an unbarred A? Yes Peck, certainly a possibility. Quote
Nonmortuus Posted January 27, 2022 Posted January 27, 2022 An upgrade on my old 1817 Bull head: 9 Quote
Sword Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 My goodness! Such superb toning has even succeeded in making the Bull Head look good. 2 Quote
david.bordeaux Posted February 15, 2022 Posted February 15, 2022 This Godless florin from my duplicates box: 2 Quote
PWA 1967 Posted February 15, 2022 Posted February 15, 2022 The scarcer one ,1920 Florin Davies 1746 3E. 3 Quote
mrbadexample Posted February 15, 2022 Posted February 15, 2022 Are you lost Pete? What are you doing in this thread? 😮 1 2 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted February 19, 2022 Posted February 19, 2022 On 2/15/2022 at 7:55 AM, david.bordeaux said: This Godless florin from my duplicates box: Duplicate? You willing to sell? It's much better than my own example. 2 Quote
david.bordeaux Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) Going through some more duplicates, two 1887s stood out for different reasons. The sixpence for its vivid blue colour. And the half-crown for the quite even toning. Edited February 24, 2022 by david.bordeaux 3 Quote
Paulus Posted July 10, 2022 Author Posted July 10, 2022 Increasingly liking this one, my best example of a George II young head roses halfcrown type 7 Quote
copper123 Posted July 11, 2022 Posted July 11, 2022 On 2/24/2022 at 3:23 PM, david.bordeaux said: Going through some more duplicates, two 1887s stood out for different reasons. The sixpence for its vivid blue colour. And the half-crown for the quite even toning. A lot of wear on the top coin - would not touch with a barge pole Quote
Sword Posted September 1, 2022 Posted September 1, 2022 The crown is remarkably free of any contact marks! Quote
azda Posted September 2, 2022 Posted September 2, 2022 23 hours ago, Sword said: The crown is remarkably free of any contact marks! Always the helmet on the REV Quote
ozjohn Posted October 8, 2022 Posted October 8, 2022 (edited) This 1913 halfcrown has been in my collection for some time and was put away in a box. When I recently looked at it the coin had taken on a tone where very little existed before. More importantly the tone has improved IMO the look of this coin considerably. There seems to be some flattening to the Kings ear but the hair close by seems to be fairly intact suggesting strike rather than wear. Overall I think a pretty good example for this date. PS the picture was taken on my Iphone that seems to produce better results than my camera with a macro lens and my new flat bed scanner. Edited October 8, 2022 by ozjohn More info 2 Quote
Sword Posted October 8, 2022 Posted October 8, 2022 Very nice indeed. The flattening of the ear is undoubtedly due to weak striking. Quote
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