A Trio of British Shillings with TrueViews

CoinJunkie · July 16, 2014 4:05PM

I recently had some spare slots in a CC voucher submission, so decided to submit a trio of GB
shillings for regrade and TrueView. All were purchased from the late William Paul and resided
in old, scuffed up MS64 holders. I'm happy to report that all were upgraded to MS64+, which
was a nice bonus. I wasn't expecting any to go MS65. Here are the TrueViews:

LochNESS · July 16, 2014 6:27PM

Nice!

I'm curious, if you didn't expect any 65's then why regrade? Why not reholder?
Does the TruView require the regrade service?

CoinJunkie · July 17, 2014 12:55AM

<< <i>Nice!

I'm curious, if you didn't expect any 65's then why regrade? Why not reholder?
Does the TruView require the regrade service? >>

Thanks, LochNESS.

TrueView does not require a regrade, but with a Diamond membership CC voucher, the cost of
regrade per coin is roughly $20, as opposed to Secure Plus reholder at $12. I figured the coins
had a decent shot at the plus, which is worth $8 to me, even if just validation that I'm selecting
coins that are nice for grade.

JCMhouston · July 17, 2014 3:55AM

That's a very nice group.

coinkat · July 17, 2014 5:18AM

Wonderful coins and very nice images. I like the 1835 - looks as if 65 was at least possible

OldEastside · July 17, 2014 7:26AM

Very Nice

Steve

wybrit · July 17, 2014 2:11PM

Beautiful trio. The George IV reverse is especially nice.

lordmarcovan · July 17, 2014 2:41PM

Lovely!

I am particularly fond of the George IV. Not only have I always liked that reverse design, but your piece has some nice colorful accents in the toning.

Speaking of shillings and TrueViews and MS64, my George I South Sea shilling didn't quite make that grade. It was previously NGC MS64, but only went MS63+ at PCGS. Still, I'm content, and was happy to get the TrueView.

nicholasz219 · July 17, 2014 7:30PM

Those are great coins. I like the toning around the head of George IV. Also, the William IV coin displays the type of toning that I like in silver coins very much from that period. To me, coins like this are what would happen to the very lustrous coins of say the 1940's from Switzerland as they age and that deep white luster mellows into a light gold. I have to avoid buying the minor silver, as tempting as it is since I have my hands full with farthings, ancients, et cetera. But at a show, if I see a Swiss piece or 3 pence from the teens for under $10 raw, it's coming with me, whether I want to collect them or not.

brg5658 · July 17, 2014 11:32PM

CoinJunkie, those are fantastic shillings. Are these a part of a complete Shilling type set? Great examples!

CoinJunkie · July 21, 2014 3:46PM

Thanks to everyone for the positive comments. Sorry about my delayed response to your questions.

coinkat: The slightly muted luster is probably all that kept the William IV from MS65. I suppose the same
could be said of the other two coins, although the 1835 is the cleanest of the lot. In any case, the luster
of all is much more apparent in their new, unscuffed holders.

lordmarcovan: That's a very nice George I shilling. Thanks for sharing! I purchased a nice, toned example
of that date in a PCGS 65 OGH out of a recent Heritage auction.

brg5658: Besides the George I just mentioned, I have a 1747 George II in PCGS 58 and a 1663 Charles II
in PCGS 50. I am interested in acquiring others, although how complete a shilling type set I end up with is TBD.
It is more of a side project than an all-consuming pursuit at this point.

I will post high quality photos of the other coins I mentioned whenever I have some taken.

coinkat · July 21, 2014 7:59PM

The shilling is fun to collect- by monarch or type or even a complete date run within the reign of a monarch. Starting with Henry VIII, I think the only hole in the monarch set for me is Philip and Mary -still have a way to go for the date set of George II.

A Trio of British Shillings with TrueViews

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