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Would you submit these German 1/2 marks?

ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
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I am wondering about these. They seem to be unc., but they are definitely softly struck. If you notice the mint mark on the 1917G looks like it was double punched. There are die cracks on both coins. Is this going to be a problem? I paid xf price for both. I am going to find a way to produce larger photos so you can tell. Mainly I need to know would you spend the money to certify or not. -Dan
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  • newbiecollectornewbiecollector Posts: 2,992
    I like the coins a lot.

    As far as submitting them I think that has to be your decision. I am not into slabbed coins by TPG just for an opinion, but of course i am not interested in coins as an investment.
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  • zeebobzeebob Posts: 2,825 ✭
    I like my coins in a PCGS holder. I think it protects the coin and therefore helps preserve it. The slabs are a pain in a safedeposit box - they take up a lot of space. The slabs stop you from handing your coins - kind of a bummer.

    If these were mine, I'd send them in.
  • JZraritiesJZrarities Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭
    I don't think the slab would add much value to the coins...
    ...but I would send the first one in, just to preserve the color.
  • newbiecollectornewbiecollector Posts: 2,992


    << <i>I don't think the slab would add much value to the coins...
    ...but I would send the first one in, just to preserve the color. >>



    Wouldn't an airtite work just as well for protection?
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  • JZraritiesJZrarities Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Wouldn't an airtite work just as well for protection? >>



    It sure would, but the temptation (for me) has always been to remove them from the airtites and play with them...image
  • zeebobzeebob Posts: 2,825 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Wouldn't an airtite work just as well for protection? >>



    It sure would, but the temptation (for me) has always been to remove them from the airtites and play with them...image >>



    image Nothing I liked more than spining my Waitangi Crown on the table. Harder to do that now that it's in a PCGS holder. Although, I suppose a fella could superglue an airtight together and get the same protective effect.

    If for some reason a non-numismatis loved one had to dispose of the coin, a TPG opinion on the front might make it less likely said loved one would be taken to the cleaner by a unscrupulous individual.
  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for the replies. I really want to know what they will grade more than anything. I think that they could be sliders, but I do not know the series very well. -Dan
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