Let me give it a shot and start a new topic (unless it's aleady been done ).
The single, most grading worthy circulation coin in your collection (VF-MS suggested, photos please)...
I have already seen your good, bad, damaged, favourite, sentimental, valuable, rare, error, variant, etc. coins. Now, I'd like to see your best condition, most likely to get a high grade (VF-MS suggested), grading worthy circulation coin. By "grading worthy" I mean, the coin is valuable enough, pretty enough and rare enough to have the grading process increase its value by a lot. If the price of the grading exceeds the value of the coin, then there is really no point. Put your photography skills to the test. Please, no already graded coins, no proof, no proof-like, no specimen, no satin finish, etc. Just the best darn circulation coin, you or your next of kin might one day send to a reputable grading service provider (NGC, PCGS, ANACS, ICCS, etc.).
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I dislike slabbed coins almost as much as I dislike TPGs. I do however have a few worthy coins. For the purposes of the current, most interesting discussion could I pretend that I might pay some half blind 79 year old "expert grader" about $50 including postage to tell me how nice my coin is?
Nice Five Franken btw!
Non illegitimis carborundum est. Excellent advice for all coins.
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Citeer: pnightingaleI do however have a few worthy coins. For the purposes of the current, most interesting discussion could I pretend that I might...
Only if you click the thumbs up for this topic.
Citeer: torontokubaJust the best darn circulation coin, you or your next of kin might one day send to a reputable grading service provider (NGC, PCGS, ANACS, ICCS, etc.)
Citeer: torontokubaVery nice, is that the effigy with her at her chubbiest? I like it.
I was thinking more in terms of regal serenity.
I love the later widowed head coins although they look awful in very low grades. The are far more dignified than the current QEII issues, interesting comparison as they are both from the final years of two equally long reigns but with entirely different outlooks and status. In 1900 we sent a gunboat to your coastline and shelled you until you agreed with us, now we invite you to join a focus group and discuss your feelings.
Which barbarian would dare attack the soldiers and servants of the Great White Queen? Back then the world knew it's rightful place... now, well who cares!
Non illegitimis carborundum est. Excellent advice for all coins.
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I've no coins beautiful enough to justify grading but, I wonder, my dad has some beautiful late 19th century silvers would they be good candidates for grading or is the market for these coins too small?
I'd estimate their domestic value at a few hundred dollars each.
Mines probably the queen Victoria sovereign me and my brother are due to inherit although it would never be grades as its mounted in a ring which has too much sentimental value to De-mount although I may wear the ring one day !
I never had my coins graded, since, as far as I know, in Austria there are no authorized dealers of grading companies. But I don't feel any particular antipathy to slabbed coins and usually don't break slabs when I occasionally buy graded coins.
I have some coins which might be worth grading, e.g.
Tunisia 2 Piastres AH1308
India Half Rupee 1840
Egypt 20 Qirsh AH1293//21
George III 1/2 Penny 1799
samples from my Mauritius album
a few of my Roubles
Not sure, if my crown will be graded (graders might say that it's impaired proof, though I think it's AUNC), but I like it anyway
I collect coins and tokens which circulated in Africa from 18th century to 2000. I sell about 7000 illustrated world coins from http://www.avscoins.com.
Yes, it's one of the 2 coins I've put in flips so far, it really should be preserved like that forever. If it really is UNC, then I got it for less than half its value.
Catalogue referee for British, English and Scottish coins.
Le référent pour des pièces britannique, anglais et écossais.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
That is sublime and the toning is the cherry on top, fantastic coin!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
I'm not a great fan of slabbing. Handling the coins in your collections is big part of the fun, isn't it?
But nevertheless, I'm very proud to own this coin and would be curious for a professional evaluation. In hand, it is much more appealing than the scans suggest.
I'm not a great fan of slabbing. Handling the coins in your collections is big part of the fun, isn't it?
But nevertheless, I'm very proud to own this coin and would be curious for a professional evaluation. In hand, it is much more appealing than the scans suggest.
I agree, it also seems like you can’t get good pictures of the coin inside very easily.
But, there are cases of super niche coins with the only experts on them being halfway across the globe that you can’t verify without sending it to grading which gets really expensive because no dealers nearby offer the service to send them for you and… Erm, what? Not a personal rant at all! *ahem*
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