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It's always an issue when presenting coins online via photos as to how to realistically represent the lustre. You can easily overdo it by blowing the shot right out, silver being so reflective. To show you what I mean, here is a set of photos of a late Australian florin in top notch condition, all … Continue reading Photography – getting the lustre on a coin right
1887 Arabic 1 vs Roman I in date1887 Double Florin obv Date Varieties Following up on this earlier post, today we checkout the difference in the dates between the two coins. The two types are respectively, 'Roman 1 in date', or, 'Arabic 1 in date'! Another variety... There's also an 'inverted 1 for I in … Continue reading 1887 Double Florin
Here is a coin I really like - it doesn't look like much at first, but is worth a second glance... Even though the date is almost completely worn away it's still an 1800s US silver quarter dollar - it's pretty cool. Like as not this example was used in Australia, maybe as the equivalent … Continue reading Single year issue US Quarter
Australian Shilling KGV 1921 S "star" KM# 26 1921 S Shilling rev in F1921 S Shilling obv in F This is an interesting coin on account of its relatively low mintage and unique reverse design. Grading Fine (VF20-25) The coin pictured is in Fine grade - on the reverse, although showing wear, all of the … Continue reading Coin Grade Fine (VF20-25) in a ‘star’ Shilling
In the end grading is a personal preference although there are resources available so that everyone can get a fair idea of just about any coin's condition - just Google it, there's a whole world out there... Florin KGVI obv in MS 64 Florin KGVI rev in MS 64 Florin QEII obv in MS 64 … Continue reading Coin Grade Ch Unc MS 64 in late Australian Florins
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