Do you think i paid too much for this UNC ? Florin $20.50 was the price.
Any thoughts welcome:good:
(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/021_zps04f02317.jpg)
(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/011_zps160a508c.jpg)
Alright, well maybe someone can tell me the difference between this coin & the previous ?
(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/019_zps1f09eded.jpg)
(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/017_zps636603be.jpg)
you need belly, he's the eggspert.
second one looks light a soft strike.
lol still learning here.
Hi Peter, Hard to see the surfaces through the 2X2's so very hard to judge. $20 is not a lot of money so I wouldn't be too worried.
G'day Chook, I reckon the lettering in the word FLORIN is different,on the 2nd coin the lettering is flat & thick but on the 1st coin the lettering is much thinner & appears to come up to a rounded top like a proof coin.
Ooo proof
Just my opinion but I think the Queens hair is touched off on the first coin, also a bit of bagging going on, and for it to be a proof I feel the rims should be clean and square. For my money the second coin is the pick.
I agree with autocoupler that on the first one the Queen's hair looks like it has been rubbed. It might be the photo though.
Are there fingerprints under the emu on the second one?
I don't believe either coin is a proof strike, the first is struck from chrome plated dies, the latter struck from regular dies. The first appears to have some rub on the obverse which would preclude an uncirculated grading, the 2nd appears Unc though the surface condition is somewhat conceals in the photo.
Thanks Walter, I just finished reading about Chrome Plated dies on your site.:ok: