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Guess the grade: Britain 1872 gold sovereign!

sovseekersovseeker Posts: 13
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Hello again to everybody. Can you guess the grade of this coin. It was recently cracked from its holder...

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  • newbiecollectornewbiecollector Posts: 2,992
    No I can't.
    The photo was a bit large and was dark..........seems to be a nice coin to me.
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  • FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭


    << <i>No I can't.
    The photo was a bit large and was dark..........seems to be a nice coin to me. >>



    image on both counts!

  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OK, I agree that the pics are too large, but you deserve some useful commentary:

    That obverse is struck from an old die, replete with die cracks and poor detail strikeup on Vick. It looks as though there are some contact/friction. It does NOT have some of the usual wear pattern where we see more contact on the field of the obverse inside the rim & lettering that is seen so often in EF and AU pieces with the reverse quite decent.I think the technical grade may be higher the market.

    Would I venture a grade? Well, methinks I would give it the "devil's grade" MS 61 so it could be argued...
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,463 ✭✭✭✭✭
    my comments would not be helpful based on the images... I apologize but I would rather more comfortable with a better image before I offer an opinion that could drastically change if I saw the coin in hand

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