1911 Halfcrown

Vandaleak_Collection

Hello!

I am looking for a high grade 1911 Halfcrown. Ideally in a PCGS slab but alternatives also welcome.

EDIT: I am looking for MS not proof.

Please let me know if you have or know of one that may be for sale.

I’m based in London.

Thanks!

Andrew.

coinkat

You might consider buying a raw example and submitting to PCGS. Watch Heritage, Goldberg and Stacks Bowers. This should not be that problematic unless you are seeking one graded at 66 or possibly higher… not sure if any have graded 67-

John Conduitt

@coinkat said:
You might consider buying a raw example and submitting to PCGS. Watch Heritage, Goldberg and Stacks Bowers. This should not be that problematic unless you are seeking one graded at 66 or possibly higher… not sure if any have graded 67-

Can you buy raw coins from Heritage, Goldberg and Stacks Bowers? Better off looking at Spink or Noonans.

7Jaguars

Interesting in that I had a look around and they seem to be a bit scarce on the ground right now. It looks as though the highest graded PCGS are 65s, and the same at NGC. I was kind of running on the assumption that it would not be hard to find....
Not that it matters but I put together a set of really nice raw 1911-1936 KG V halfcrowns, most probably 65 and then haven't really followed them other than trying to follow the 1925 and 1930 dates in high grades as they are sold on.

7Jaguars

This picture of obverse makes it look like there is some friction not seen in hand.

Vandaleak_Collection

@coinkat said:
You might consider buying a raw example and submitting to PCGS. Watch Heritage, Goldberg and Stacks Bowers. This should not be that problematic unless you are seeking one graded at 66 or possibly higher… not sure if any have graded 67-

Thanks for responding. I have an account with PCGS and do send coins for grading, but haven’t been able to find many opportunities for raw (which is preferred). The ones I have bought have not been good enough to grade. So I am now looking to see if anyone who owns any of the higher grades are open to sell. Thanks again.

Vandaleak_Collection

@7Jaguars said:

This picture of obverse makes it look like there is some friction not seen in hand.

Looks to be a nice condition. Are you going to hold this or would you consider selling?

7Jaguars

Oh just a picture as I have the set which is in a Capitol holder (1911-1936)....This picture goes to show that sometimes pictures can be deceiving....

Vandaleak_Collection

@7Jaguars said:
Oh just a picture as I have the set which is in a Capitol holder (1911-1936)....This picture goes go to show that sometimes pictures can be deceiving....

Understood!! Thank you for this response. Much appreciated.

coinkat

I was trying to suggest two different options… 1. Buying a raw 1911 and submitting it to PCGS. And I suspect Noonan’s or CNG might be the best option to find the best example that would be submission worthy. The second option is monitoring the auction houses for a graded example.

coinkat

Just a word of caution… gems at the 65 level are not easy

7Jaguars

Quite.
Some of the "65"s are more even than others & am shocked at a number of the coins going through TPGs with grades they manage to achieve...Look at the coin first, not the holder...
I could not agree more with CK about Noonan's (I used to be a fan of Baldwin's, but less so nowadays). Superior occasionally has nice bits. Was that who had the Cheshire collection?

Vandaleak_Collection

Agreed completely. My main focus is on half sovereigns and the amount of times I have bought at auction an NGC graded coin only to be shocked at the condition. (And yes I did look at the images online first, but as said above, the coin is always different in hand….but you have to at least have some trust in the graders). One example was an MS62 1891 half. I think PCGS were being generous when they graded it AU58.

Will keep looking for the 1911. Perhaps I will stop looking….that’s probably when a hoard will show up!!

7Jaguars

Honestly one will show. If you do find a nice well struck and not particularly marked specimen then jump on it - you know they are not all that common. Don't know how long you've been collecting but this is the type of thing that happens. I have been looking for a proof 1959 halfcrown for many, many years but affordable specimens? Well, not seen any. One came up as part of a set but the whole was just too much.

As a postscript & don't know if you collect by date but it is always a joy to find a well struck and preserved KG V halfcrown from the war years and through 1925.....