Elements

36 minutes ago, sg86 said:

Yes, very slightly, not enough to ruin the coin at all though as I hate polished coins with a passion!

Really not sure why people do it, if you want to get dirt off a coin just use a little ultrasonic thing

How do you know if it’s been polished? Fine hairlines I’m guessing

5 minutes ago, SVcollector said:

My pleasue @Elements Steve! You should grade 1917-C , defintly MS.

 

 

It does look nice, think I might thanks

Did you have to pay import duty after buying from the US?

2 minutes ago, sg86 said:

They have this at a local pub

 

Ah there you go! Planning something similar @BackyardBullion?!

6 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

Yes indeed - I thought I would have a lot more shiny new ones considering I ordered them in. Apparently not!

Got a couple of little gems from the batch though - a 1994 Ellan Vannin isle of man penny & a 1998 Falklands Island penny. 

Not that I was coin roll hunting - but I do have something very special planned for these pennies!

I’ve seen some people make hard wearing flooring out of 1 and 2 pennies. Cheaper than some more common flooring alternatives apparently!

4 minutes ago, Xander said:

Received this 1822 Sovereign today.

Nice, looks good

13 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Polished imo

Here it is next to a 1900. Definately a brighter shade, at least it was cheap

20 hours ago, Kman said:

Soft rounded details and shiny, pitting in the fields

Hows the rim? id guess it's probably an ex-mount  

Rim looks similar all the way round, 3 phots are roughly 120degree rotations.

more high res photos arranged. I could do with buying a new lense, this has lots of small scratches on

2 minutes ago, Kman said:

Luster or cleaned  looks cleaned to me

How would I tell? Maybe see if I can post some more high res photos

and maybe without sun streaming in from the left. Yeah yeah we do get sun in Manchester- occasionally ?

2 minutes ago, augur said:

Nice residual lustre in the protected areas

I’ll see if I can get one with my other 1890’s. It’s definately brighter. Still a noob at this but learning all the time

9 hours ago, Lindeman said:

And the NGC silver results: a tad disappointed to miss the PF70 on the 2014 Britannia and the 2017 Krugerrand proof. I do have a Pf70 2014 Brit already - so cant really complain. 

Would be good if they would include a short report of why they grade it like they do

12 hours ago, Sovsaver said:

Picked up a 2002 half Sovereign on eBay. There was only one photo and no really good look at the coin’s surfaces.

I got lucky, probably will get it graded.

 

 

 

Proof looks much nicer than bullion version

Edit: stating the obvious i know but it’s true!

Just now, Numistacker said:

 

A great 2005 pf69 is coming up and some other really nice items

 

Thanks for the recent (18th Feb) review of 2017 sov variations. Clears it up now. I found a proof for about £450 but no box/coa and probably handled. Give it a miss? I can get an unboxed one for around £700

3 minutes ago, JunkBond said:

Ok, on ebay now waiting for half sovs!

You registered?! Nice! Try not to get carried away, it’s easily done ?

16 minutes ago, Lindeman said:

Absolutely nothing yesterday! 

Not for lack of preparation - went to a live auction and the viewing beforehand, but every piece of silver or gold (sovereigns, Krugerrands) and nice pre-47 silver went for just above my target prices. Always so tempting to just let rip and overpay for something just to make yourself happy -but i was well behaved and disciplined; refuse to pay £270 for a standard bullion sov or £1000 for a Krugerrand after you add the commission. Can walk into HGM and buy them cheaper....

Besides - i need to save some money to buy some Bulls ....and pay taxes! 

Lindeman

I had a thread about auctions a while ago. I watched a lot of auctions but rarely found a bargain. Sometimes, but rarely.

like your identified, the buyers premium is a killer for value