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Opines on a Florin

weresteveweresteve Posts: 1,224 ✭
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Just wondering if this Queen Victoria Florin would be worth going after ...

1885 QV Gothic Florin

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,447 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice coin. Is the toning original? I don't know. Probably will sell for $150 or more.

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  • skingspanskingspan Posts: 519 ✭✭
    Been on my watchlist since yesterday. Been looking for one of these for a few months. Shipping is a little high. But I will probably bid.
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,447 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I didn't notice the $10 shipping.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,654 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Toning looks fantastic.

    But a little too good to be true, maybe?

    Heck, even if it's AT, it's really pretty.

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    It's a nice piece, but I think $150 is a bit much for it. ajaan is probably right about the price it will fetch, though. My problems with it are:

    (1) It's one of the more common dates of the entire series,
    (2) It's not UNC and does not look EF (seller grades XF) to me either - maybe gVF or aEF.
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  • MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382 ✭
    Me I'd say it grades AEF but that toning on the obverse looks a little too perfect to be true.
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  • WhiteLighninWhiteLighnin Posts: 883 ✭
    It sure is purdy tho.....
  • ccrdragonccrdragon Posts: 2,697 ✭
    if that tonings not real, I'd like to meet the artist!!!
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  • weresteveweresteve Posts: 1,224 ✭


    << <i>Toning looks fantastic.

    But a little too good to be true, maybe?

    Heck, even if it's AT, it's really pretty. >>



    That's kinda what I thought ...
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,398 ✭✭✭✭✭
    based on the photos, I believe it is AT and the coin is not original. I would be very careful...

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  • weresteveweresteve Posts: 1,224 ✭


    << <i>Nice coin. Is the toning original? I don't know. Probably will sell for $150 or more. >>



    Well ... I checked just for grins ... top bid was $151 and it did not meet reserve.

    Steve
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