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MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
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I picked up a 53 set today. Is it a PL set or a mint set. It was in a Capital holder and a few of the coin are very nicely toned. It could use a trip to NCS to remove some of the haze. Opinions? I'll tell you what I paid later.
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It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Looks OK. The moose looks a little hazy though.
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • DarkhorseDarkhorse Posts: 1,377
    It's a caribou.
  • MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382 ✭
    Also looks like someone got their mitts all over some of those coins.
    Omnicoin
  • WorldTypeSetWorldTypeSet Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭
    Is it a PL set or a mint set.

    Looking at the nickel, I'd have to say mint state, thought it's impossible to really tell from the scan. I find the easiest way to differentiate MS from PL nickels is to look at the flatness of the letters and numbers in Canada and the date. If they appear flat, the coin is a PL, rounded, the coin is MS. A comparison against known coins is often needed.

    The apparent die polish lines in the field behind the beaver on the reverse have me second guessing myself, though.
    Paul

    My World Coin Type Set
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    My inclination looking at the dollar is PL. But, I do not consider myself an expert in these matters.

    I like the set.
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • WorldTypeSetWorldTypeSet Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭
    And, it wasn't that uncommon for sets from the early 1950's to contain a combination of PL and MS coins. So, it may be a combination of both.
    Paul

    My World Coin Type Set
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    Yes, and if it came in a Capital holder, there's probably no way of knowing if some of the coins came from different sources.

    I still like it.
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • WhiteLighninWhiteLighnin Posts: 883 ✭
    All of em look real nice excepth that half...that's the ugliest dang thang i ever seen......send it to me and i'll get rid o it fer ya!!!!!!image
  • CoinAddictCoinAddict Posts: 5,571 ✭
    Gorgeous set, Marty.image
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    Capped Bust Half Series
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  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    Marty says they practically give Canadian coins away where he lives. I would be interested to know what he stole this set for. image


    Edited to add: Marty sucks more than my Dyson vaccum cleaner.
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • WorldTypeSetWorldTypeSet Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭
    Marty says they practically give Canadian coins away where he lives.

    Ya, but that's pretty poor consolation for having to live there.
    Paul

    My World Coin Type Set
  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice pick up Marty. The silvers all look PL to me the 5c and 1c look MS.

    What does NCS charge to remove the fingerprints and haze?

    Gene
    Gene

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