Nice, but out of my reach. Anyway, the silver coin beats it all hollow for luster and brilliance. Platinum won't take anywhere near the height of shine that silver will.
All sold. Thanks for looking.
Spain 1884 2 pesetas F .835 fine .2655 ASW
British South Africa 1933 2 shillings VF .800 fine .2909 ASW
Venezuela 1910 5 Bolivares F Oval 'O' .900fine .7234 ASW
Cuba 1933 un Peso EF .900fine 26.7295 grams
Cuba 1934 un Peso EF .900fine 26.7295 grams
Great Britain 1888 Florin VF .925 fine .3364 oz. ASW
"Skywalker, this is your father, eh. Surrender to the darkside of the Force, you knob."
A favorite line of mine from Dave Thomas in "Strange Brew", the comedy film featuring the McKenzie brothers characters.
Wow, that coin is the ultimate loser in my book:
1. Struck in beer can material
2. Abe Lincoln on the obverse
Those are two irredeemable demerits, then strike three is:
3. Slabbed
It's outta here. ;-)
An understandable distinction if one is to view base metal coinage as collectible. For my own purposes, intrinsic value determines collectibility. I may acquire base metal coins which have appealing designs but they are always used for trades sooner or later. In those trades I acquire silver coins as a final goal. ;-)
There's no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody pays for the Yahoo auction service and if it isn't going to be the seller, it will have to be the buyer.
I've never liked the Yahoo formats. There are too many other ways of buying coins for me to waste much time with online auction sites anyway, whether the venue is ebay or yahoo.
No, I meant the low relief Victorians. they lose a lot of their detail with little wear while the high reliefs have more metal in the same detailed areas which make them more resistant to wear. An early Gothic Florin in VF still has a relatively high level of facial feature remaining even past the point where the loop of the braid is worn off. The low relief young heads lose the facial details with little wear, by comparison with the high relief young head halfcrowns.
Now, SLQ's are very beautiful in XF. It's just that so many people try to claim XF on a VF coin. There's a good example of an XF in the coin grading challenge archives. An XF should have all the toes remaining on the foot of Lady Liberty. The design loses detail with very little wear. XF SLQ's by my standards are sold as AU's by some folks.
In the case of modern precious metal coins, a divot like that is usually the result of a metalsmith robbing a little metal from a coin to use as solder in a brazing operation before returning the coin to circulation. Solder gained that way at no expense to the smith adds to the profit margin.
Maybe the practice wasn't limited to modern coins or to modern times.
Yeah, I'd still agree that it would go VF as a net grade. If I had it for sale, any buyer would pay VF price or I would keep it.
That's just the kinda guy I am. ;-)
I sell coin jewelry such as mercury dime earrings, SLQ pendants and fobs, rings made with Kaiserreich 1/2mark coins as the boss, etc. Some of it qualifies for the disclaimer: "No coin was harmed in the making of this jewelry" while some are made from coins which have already been damaged.
Stamps are OK, I guess but coins, pocketknives and Luddite truncheons are more fascinating to me. If anyone has any cool Luddite truncheons I hope they give me a shot at them.