Grades back from our Host- Egypt 5/31/204
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I thought I would try something alittle different going forward. I plan to limit grade results to one thread a week contain one country with the possibility of containing up to three-perhaps four coins. I plan to just share my thoughts at the outset and hopefully that will provide some insight that might be helpful. So let's move on...
Country: Egypt Coin: AH1358- 20 Piastres PCGS GRADE: MS64
This is the fourth Egyptian coin I have submitted to PCGS and this one, not surprisingly, received the highest grade. I am not much of an Egyptian collector. The mottled toning is further highlighted by cartwheel lustre which may not resonate with everyone, but nonetheless, it has a look which I like. My grade was split 50-50 between 63-64. I choose to buy this coin at a time I was not looking for one. The analysis to buy and submit was based on resources and the unlikely probability of finding one of the Farouk 20 Piastres type that I would like more.
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Comments
nice coin, how accurate is the pic? does the coin have that yellowish toning or is that the image?
The TrueView is okay- this is a tough coin to capture in terms of color. There is sort of a gun metal color with rustic colors that are more orange than yellow.
A total of 49 have been graded by our host of which 34 are in the MS spectrum. i 65 and 10 at 64.
I may share on the US Forum to point out that this is the guy that owned the 1933 Saint
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Ha- good ol’ Farouk! He was one of history’s most famous coin collectors, as I know you were aware.
I just gave away another toned Farouk in this month’s CoinTalk giveaway, as it happens. (This a 2-piastre in PCGS AU58.)