please grade my 1/3 farthing 1885

gummibear

This was bought many years ago by the previous owner from B.A. Seaby in London. I still have the little envelope it was sold in which is pretty cool.
What do you think it grades?
Thanks,
Richard

percyb

AU 55. There appears to be planchet action--some hair lines, some roughness as well to the surface in general, and some rub beneath the rims, imho.

coinpictures

58-62RB or RD. Tough to grade because they're so darned tiny. Hits are magnified with respect to the features. Can't tell if the color is natural.

SamByrd

lower mint state ms60-62

7Jaguars

Actually, the coin needs to be seen in person as it is hard to tell if there might be color issues. Still, this looks to be struck by a late state die with many breaks - I think the obverse die was truly ready to pack it in.

I think I might go MS63 RB because I think many of the hits/rubs are actually in reverse, that is likely to the die itself. Brits would give it a GEF with lustre designation, probably.

IstilllikeZARcoins

Cool die crack between the D & G.

Not sure of the grade either due to the photos but I'd go with AU+/MS-.

SYRACUSIAN

MS62RB. Assuming that this is not how the coin's colour looks like.