ccg Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 I often find that Imperial Chinese coinage is overgraded, so I've decided to do this informative post on how to grade them. Below are are Kwangtung Province 20c coins struck in the reign of Kwang Hsu. Coins of this type were struck between 1890 and 1908, and are the most common Imperial Chinese silver coins today. The dragon design wears quite well, and it's not unusual to see a cleaned EF passed as UNC, or a G passed as fine. Below I've included UNC, AU, EF, VF, F, and VG coins. Now of course grading is simply one's opinion, here's mine: (better pics to be added) UNC: No wear, should have full lusture. AU: Slight wear can be seen. Look at the face, and the scales below the flame (centre). Usually at least half of the lusture is present EF: Some of the scales are starting to show signs of wear. VF: About half the scales have been worn off. Face showing signs of wear. F: As above, but forehead is now flat. VG: Clouds at bottom and dragon's tail are merging into the fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Moved to world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 VG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 VF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 EF (ignore the scratch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 AU (probably could call it AU+) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 UNC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 And I just saw a few today in UNC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Cool coins and a nice grading set. Do you collect any other Chinese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 I'm mainly into Qing cash and Kwangtung province to keep things simple, but I do collect almost anything that comes my way that looks neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinsnpaper Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 I Agee with yur grading for these series, both copper and silver. I have ben fascinated by them since the early 1970s. Do you have Kann? I live in North Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 No, I don't have Kann. I keep putting it off since it's on the expensive side though I'm sure it probably has lots of useful info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Morning Light Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Neat Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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