Thanks all for the responses Trout and co,

My picture really doesn't do it justice, but as Robbigal says - it's doesn't look right to me either.

There something about this coin that just doesnt look like it should or the others I can find around the web.  Over and over again I have examined it with a magnifying glass and I can't find another coin that has the same exact markings... It does have a raised ring around the 1927 rather than a channel that others appear to have. It also doesn't appear to have the stairs as obvious as others...

Trout - How does one find out for sure what it is?

It's tough to upload good quality imagines when you're limited to 200kb...?? Sorry. Any thoughts on how to get be res images up better?

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Hi Everyone - I inherited a large number of coins about 20 years ago when my Grandmother passed away. Long hisory of collectors in the family apprently and my great grandfather was also avid coin collector up until he died in the late 1960s. A lot of the coins in the collection were collected by my great great grandfather - including some he brought back from the middle east in the first world war. Probably will never figure out what some of them are!

Anyway the Coins have been in storage whilst I have been overseas for the last 15 years. I have just dug them out and one that I really like is the 1927 Florin pictured below.

Obviously I know what it is but I am wondering how the difference is told between the normal circulation and the proof versions - as they all look the same to me. The 1927 particularly is in great nick and seems to sharper than any other coins from the era I have... I have had a look at this and am not convinced either way...

https://coinworks.com.au/1927-Canberra-Florin-Beaumont.html

You can see where I am going with this and I have no idea of the value of it - outside of its sentimental family history value of course!  

What if any are the identifiable differences between the two versions? Approx values? Anyone?

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