Jay Turner: PCGS Personal Picks
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As you may have seen, we're starting to share some staff favorites on our social media.
Here's an excerpt from today's piece:
Picking a favorite coin is, for myself, well… It is incredibly difficult. I don’t specialize in any series, country, or even time period. I have seen millions of coins in my numismatic career and, honestly, I have an appreciation for most pieces from the virtually valueless to the pieces worth many millions of dollars. Yet, of all the numismatics pieces I have accumulated, one keeps appearing on my Facebook cover photo. The piece is a 50-millimeter silver medal from India dated 1863 and inscribed 1873.
In 2018, this medal came across my desk for grading and it was love at first sight. Featuring a tiger on the prowl in the bush, the design was incredible to me. That is except for the design of the tiger’s face, which gave the animal a look of incompetence – a feature that made me love the design even more. The reverse deign is a simple wreath left plain in the center for engraving, and the lettering of the “Rifle Association of Northern India.”
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Comments
It's nice and the tiger is my favorite animal, but I don't think it translates well onto coins or medals, except maybe on modern (colored) NCLT. On the other hand, many coins and medals include better renditions of lions.