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- Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:47 am
- Forum: Canadian Tokens and Medals
- Topic: Victoria Det Gratia 183?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12645
Re: Victoria Det Gratia 183?
It's not Canadian. It's Isle of Man and it's probably 1839 regular coinage. What is the diameter. If it's the size of a Canadian Large Cent, it's a halfpenny. If it's larger, it's a penny and, if smaller, a farthing.
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:49 am
- Forum: Canadian Coins
- Topic: 1968 Dollar-pls help
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5291
Re: 1968 Dollar-pls help
They are just worth face value, unless they are MS-65 or better. Supply far outweighs demand, so there is no premium whatsoever.
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:46 am
- Forum: Canadian Coins
- Topic: What do these mean ?!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5412
Re: What do these mean ?!!
They represent the grade or condition of the coin. Coins used to just have a verbal grade .. poor, fair, good, very good, fine, very fine, extremely fine, almost uncirculated and uncirculated. Sometimes they would add 'brilliant uncirculated". 20 or more years ago, the grading companies decided...
- Sun May 01, 2011 4:56 am
- Forum: Canadian Coins
- Topic: 1882 one cent Canadian coin
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9192
Re: 1882 one cent Canadian coin
Can you post a photo or scan of it? Are you sure that there is no H under the date? Maybe it's worn off. I have been collecting Victoria Large Cent varieties for 30 years and never seen one.
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:07 am
- Forum: Canadian Coins
- Topic: 1867-1967 Canada CENTENNIAL 25 Cents - LYNX Silver Coin
- Replies: 1
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Re: 1867-1967 Canada CENTENNIAL 25 Cents - LYNX Silver Coin
The 1965 and 1966 are .800 silver. 1967 has both .500 and .800 silver. Both weigh 5.83 grams new. With a coin with no wear, you can calculate what the scrap value. For all Canadian .800 silver coins, there is .6 oz of Ag for every $1 face, so 4 of the 1965 or 66 quarters would be .6 oz times the cur...
- Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:43 am
- Forum: Grading Help
- Topic: Canada 1920 1 cent
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6645
Re: Canada 1920 1 cent
The photo is way too small to get any indication as to the grade. Just take a look at the details in the crown to see if there is any wear. If there is any wear there, it's not MS.
- Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:58 pm
- Forum: Sell, Buy and Trade
- Topic: 1 Cent 1859
- Replies: 22
- Views: 27990
Re: 1 Cent 1859
I am a real person as well and have been collecting Victoria large cents for 40 years.... I have nearly 5000 Vickies, of which over 600 are 1859's. I have looked at 10's of thousands of Vict large cents because I, also, am lucky enough to live in the T.O. area and attend shows and auctions with grea...
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:51 pm
- Forum: Sell, Buy and Trade
- Topic: 1 Cent 1859
- Replies: 22
- Views: 27990
Re: 1 Cent 1859
Definately an 1859/8 .. or "wide 9 over 8 as it's sometimes called. It has been cleaned and has some pits that appear to be corrosion pits (but maybe just dings) on the obverse. I wouldn't spend the $20-$25 to have it certified... it's easy to see it's a 9/8.
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:54 am
- Forum: 1 cent
- Topic: Identifying 1859 Large Cent Varieties.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4963
Re: Identifying 1859 Large Cent Varieties.
Both of your coins are "narrow 9" 1859's, although the first one is what Zoell called a "bold 9". Bold 9's are ID'd by the tail or knob of the 5 & 9 almost touching the upper loop or vertical. You should try to pick up a 2011 Charlton guide, as the variety section in the back...
- Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:32 am
- Forum: 1 cent
- Topic: Crazy 1881H Legend...
- Replies: 35
- Views: 406158
Re: Crazy 1881H Legend...
As I remember, these posts took place early on when you were trying to say that a SIGLE 1882 working die was a 4/2, 4/1, 2/1 or some other combination. When you were shown other examples of a later die state (die cracks showing up in addition to the dots in the E's and other chips), you continued ab...
- Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:45 am
- Forum: 1 cent
- Topic: Crazy 1881H Legend...
- Replies: 35
- Views: 406158
Re: Crazy 1881H Legend...
MKB .. Your first mention of resinking of dies occurred, based upon a single VG (at best) coin. At that time I sent you one of my coins that was a better example so that you could see all the attributes. You were saying that it was an Obv 4/1 or 4/2 .. I forget which and told you that it couldn't be...
- Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:57 pm
- Forum: 1 cent
- Topic: Crazy 1881H Legend...
- Replies: 35
- Views: 406158
Re: Crazy 1881H Legend...
MKB .. I think that you should spend some time rummaging through the libraries and archives of the Royal Mint in London the way the Bosox did for 2 weeks over there before you form opinions and then try to cram it down people's throats. You learn much more from ardent study and dedicated collecting ...
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:08 am
- Forum: Grading Help
- Topic: HELP ON GRADING THESE COINS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7423
Re: HELP ON GRADING THESE COINS
That is a common silver dollar that is OK to have, but not worth it to have it cert'd. It is hard to tell from the picture the actual grade (Xf or so), but it has been whizzed or pilished or mechanically cleaned in some manner. A rule of thumb for having a coin 3rd party graded ... unless Trends or ...
- Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:02 am
- Forum: Canadian Coins
- Topic: 1884 Obverse 1 Cent
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6330
Re: 1884 Obverse 1 Cent
That's a nice Obv 1, but there are other markers to tell as well. On an Obv 1, the tip of the crown will not impinge on the bead at all .. the bead will be perfectly round. Compare it to any '84 Obv 2. Also, the neck truncation tip/point will end directly above the bead that is centered over the C i...
- Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:58 am
- Forum: Canadian Coins
- Topic: 1898 High H One Cent
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6758
Re: 1898 High H One Cent
The H mintmarks on the 1898's are all over the place, since they were handpunched into the working dies.... some well off the leaf lobe, some centered, some just barely touching, etc. The placement of the H has no correlation as to the scarcity. Some of the 98's have slightly repunched 9's or 8's an...