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Newp: Australia florin, Canberra type, 1927(m)

lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 30, 2020 3:09PM in World & Ancient Coins Forum

I've just always liked this type, for some reason. Never had one until now. Prices seem to be all over the place, but I reckoned this PCGS MS64 was the best one for my money. I started comparison shopping three venues after finding a PCGS MS63+ I liked. It had slightly more mottled toning than this 64, which was only $20-ish more expensive than the 63+ had been.


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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lordmarcovan said:
    I've just always liked this type, for some reason. Never had one until now. Prices seem to be all over the place, but I reckoned this PCGS MS64 was the best one for my money. I started comparison shopping three venues after finding a PCGS MS63+ I liked. It had slightly more mottled toning than this 64, which was only $20-ish more expensive than the 63+ had been.

    I like that type as well

    Sounds like you made a thoughtful purchase on a nice coin. Congratulations.

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,485 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Too bad the regular series Florins rarely surface this nice. Nice coin

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  • FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭

    Fancy!

  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,646 ✭✭✭✭✭

    These are really cool. To me, the date on the reverse always makes me think it was hand engraved.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 31, 2020 12:21AM

    @TomB said:
    These are really cool. To me, the date on the reverse always makes me think it was hand engraved.

    Yeah, I love how it's kinda like carved into that little cartouche. Yknow, I think that single detail might be what drew me to this type initially. Strange but true.

    This one also has a little cartouche like that. The date (1739) is a bit hidden under the toning, but I like the way they engraved it, and so many of the other little intricate details in that city view.


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  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 31, 2020 4:46AM

    I've had a few of these, but in circulated grades. Kept the nicest one for my Australian date set and sold the others at local coin club meetings.

    I had the same feeling about the date. It pops out from the coin giving it a special look. As soon as I read the title of your post, I could immediately picture the coin with the date style.

    Very nice acquisition. It looks a lot nicer than mine :)

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 31, 2020 5:50AM

    Here are the seller's obverse and reverse photos, as a counterpoint to the TrueView.


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  • StellaStella Posts: 708 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Neat coin! The reverse type is very attractive.

    Coin collector since childhood and New York Numismatist at Heritage Auctions.
  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,051 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Lovely florin.
    The engraver was quite the artist incorporating all those design elements without making the reverse too busy.

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