Some reimages (and a few not imaged before)

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Reimaged some of the coins from my ICG submission. Also a few you've not seen before.

Canada 50 Cents 1894. Now that I have this back in hand, I can see why ICG bodybagged it; those surfaces on the reverse are a bit beat up. Nevertheless it's a nice VG/F example of the second-lowest minted Victorian half (only 29,000 minted).




Italy Lira 1867 MB-N. I'm still pissed that this didn't get a PL. The coin isn't this dark; I just wanted to show the contrast between device and field. It's actually incredibly flashy and brilliant.




Great Britain Florin, 1911. I *LOVE* this coin. Was a Harlan Berk purchase. One of the focal points of my toner collection.




Bohemia - Kuttenberg, 24 Kreuzer, 1619. I actually think ICG missed the boat on this one. Given the lustre, I think it's actually an AU50 with the flatness being strike, not wear. 90-degree rotated die.




And lastly one that I just love...

Great Britain Halfcrown 1707-E. Not an easy type to find in high grade.

clarkbar04

Nice coins and photos!

bosox

The 1894 fifty cent piece is a very difficult coin to find. Any piece is a nice piece. For those that have read my book, you already know that almost all of the 1894 fifty cent pieces were minted from melted 1858 twenty cent pieces.

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<< <i>The 1894 fifty cent piece is a very difficult coin to find. Any piece is a nice piece. For those that have read my book, you already know that almost all of the 1894 fifty cent pieces were minted from melted 1858 twenty cent pieces. >>



Are there any estimates of the number of surviving pieces? With that few to start with, I would think that there aren't a whole lot out there...

This actually was a local find. I've had it for about 10 years.

TwoKopeiki

Cool pics, CP! I especially like the florin.

Coinguy19

I agree with TwoKopeiki, the Florin is especially nice looking.

Doogy

sweet selection there! yeah, you got robbed on the Italian, it is certainly PL! the toning on the Florin is killer too

CaptainCal

The Blue on that Florin is beautiful, just amazing.

koincollect

CP, how long did they take to grade this batch of yours? It is more than a month for mine (the 15 day special) and they have not even started it as a couple of coins are still with external consultants. I have had a bad experience before when the coins were sent out but they were still mis-attributed and took ages to reach me. I did not submit again till now and it does not look good again!

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I submitted 3 sets of 7 coins at the same time. 2 of the 3 sets were done at approximately the same time (at the very outside of the 15 days), but the 3rd set of 7 coins still has not been graded yet...

I also just sent them an order of 9 U.S. Morgan dollars under their 2-day service... will be interesting to see how accurate that turnaround is.