Rain386 Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 This is my only Ireland silver coin. Good year ! Is it VF or may it be XF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 What is the symbolism of the bull? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imdvs Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 This is my only Ireland silver coin. Good year ! Is it VF or may it be XF? short answer F-VF long answer: There is a difference between US & European grading. One of the differences is that there is no 'about uncirculated' (AU) European grade. XF or EF covers what US collectors refer to as both XF and AU. It's usually not worthwhile to debate grade titles across continents, but it should boil down to pricing. The pricing often agrees even if the grade does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurtleBonker Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 I'd judge it to be XF 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudhut1000 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 US Grade of XF 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted August 1, 2009 Report Share Posted August 1, 2009 I'd grade it GVF, possibly AEF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Am_The_Great_Coinholio Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 I agree, XF-40. I've owned at least one of these but sold any that I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 VF. Strong bull, but I'd expect more detail on the left side of the harp for EF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarotta Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 I'd grade it GVF, possibly AEF. Ipse dixit. I go with a gVF/gVF both sides being about the same in the same way. I think that aEF is pushing it as neither side suggests better. But, you know, you have to go with the coin itself and there is nothing wrong with this one. I think that grading is over-rated. Long ago, I found a nice Mint State Seated Liberty Quarter and asked the dealer to send it in for slabbing and he asked, "What for? The coin speaks for itself." What is the symbolism of the bull? You mean, aside from the obvious? World-renown playwright and poet, Yeats was elected to the Irish Senate. He chaired the committee that chose the designs for the coins of the new Irish Free State. Yeats had seen classical Greek coins while studying and writing in Italy during the late 1800s. He arranged for all of the artists on this project to receive ancient Hellenistic coins, so they could see for themselves the powerful images he wanted to bring to Ireland's coins. "IRELAND'S POET LAUREATE" by Michael Marotta, ANA Money Talks, Transcript No. 1952 March 28, 2000) This coin, in particular, is strongly reminiscent of an earlier one known from many Greek towns in Italy, in this case Thurium (Thourion). (See http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/lucania/thourioi/i.html) The horse is also known from Carthage, for example. The pig is found on large Roman bronzes blocks (proto-numismatic, perhaps). The hen and chicks were more original to Percy Metcalfe, the designer. And the Central Bank of Ireland announced (read here) that they are issuing a commemorative "Barnyard Series" for their euro. Top of the day to you, lad, "Mick" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Late for the party, I'll go with a nice XF-40. The photos are quite good, I love the green background, very Irish. Then again, I am half Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartwheel Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 VF in European grading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobolo Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 I'd give it VF-35 or XF-40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 I would grade it GVF, too. It's difficult grading from a photograph, but I would expect a cleaner coin and more detail on the left side of the harp for EF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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