Mini Hoard just arrived. 1939 English Reverse Shillings! Which is your favorite?
Clio
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I just came across a cool group of shillings. I know these are really primarily only my interest here, but I thought other users would appreciate the little group all together.
Notes from the seller:
"They came to me through my grandfather who was an avid collector of coins. Unfortunately, I have no interest in them or time to put into grading them. I thought there would be better in the hands of a collector who would cherish them for their collection. They look like they are uncirculated as they were wrapped in a tube of paper. Some of them have discolouration where the air has tarnished them slightly, so I haven't cleaned them. They're just as I found them. They are crisp and sharp to the touch like new."
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I will grade a handful. Though not sure how many yet. I suspect there's several that will eclipse what's been graded by PCGS and NGC. Doesn't mean there's not more nice examples out there but I suspect this is the nicest group for the date I will ever see.
3, #9, and #10 are my favorites of the group.
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Congrats... 10 is my favorite. Sort of wondering if I saw 16 in hand that I could be persuaded to select it instead. 7 and 9 are quite attractive as well.
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9 has the best eye appeal to me. Looks like all are MS63 or better.
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Like CK I like 10 and possibly 16.
Well, just Love coins, period.
10,16,9
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10 and 16 are my favorite, but there are some other really nice ones there too!
My current "Box of 20"
Nice to see there really is a consensus.
10 and 16 have easily the most fans. I will make a post down the road when I've had some graded and let y'all know how it goes.
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16 and a tie between 9 and 10 for me. Nice group!
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To my eye...
The surfaces on 16 & 15 look the best. We all know how hard it is to view and grade from images.
10 and 16, but they’re ALL beautiful
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16 & 10 look best to me. Nice group!
10 is my favorite (favourite).
The grandson may not have been a collector, but he was a good caretaker.
9 and 15 for me.
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@Clio
To me all are nice coins, congratulations good find!
The only time that I was able to buy a bunch of coins at the time (53), was about 7 years ago, a guy was selling 1935 Mo 10 Centavos "Monograma" all BU, he had two boxes with a lot of the 1935 10C coins and also another box with too many Mo 20C the ones with the Teotihuacan pyramid also in BU, that I did not bought any of these, I regret that, have never seen any of this opportunity again.
Edit to add the post I did for those 10C coins, with some of them, the others i sold it raw.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1044940/1935-10-centavos-mexico-monograma
15 is my fav based on the smooth surfaces and toning
Just to update this post. I did my official review just before shipping these off to PCGS. #12 is not being graded. The rest are getting sent. This is my grade estimates
1 - 64
2 - 65
3 - 65
4 - 64
5 - 64
6 - 64
7 - 64
8 - 66
9 - 65
10 - 66
11 - 64
12 - 63 (Not being graded)
13 - 65
14 - 64
15 - 63 (Wiped but color makes me want to try it anyway)
16 - 66
I will update the post once grades post in a few months.
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