Silver Saturday

[ausproofs]

Here is the Pics of ex Fenton 1952 6D

[trout]

Very nice Mate, Way better than the scabby 1952 coin I have in my album :good:

[ausproofs]

Very nice Mate, Way better than the scabby 1952 coin I have in my album :good:

Thanks mate, wonder what those lines are on the kings face ? Die polish lines ? (Larger once are on the case but the others)

[trout]

Very nice Mate, Way better than the scabby 1952 coin I have in my album :good:

Thanks mate, wonder what those lines are on the kings face ? Die polish lines ? (Larger once are on the case but the others)

Hard to tell from your images, If they are raised then they are die polish is the rule of thumb :ok:
The strike looks to be fairly weak as well, These are "Tough" to find in anything better than VF

[ausproofs]

Cool, thanks mate.

[trout]

A bit late in the day but this was just lying around on my desk.
I remember getting pretty excited when I first found one of these in my change years ago
This is the 1989 Silver Proof version .

[r9453]

? Die polish lines ?

I presume there is no decent PCGS image. The die polish thing (in general) doesn't sit well with me, I ask myself why would they bother, what were they trying to achieve. From memory they usually appear in the fields which makes some kind of sense since that corresponds to the "surface" of the die but here they are on the Kings face which is below the surface.

So, for some reason a technician has inserted a very small (remember this a sixpence) piece of abrasive material into the lower part of the die in order to improve the appearance? To me die polish lines never are a good look and I can only wonder what the coin would have looked like if they had left it (the die) alone.

End of rant, nice coin btw, I don't mean to detract from it.

[ausproofs]

? Die polish lines ?

I presume there is no decent PCGS image. The die polish thing (in general) doesn't sit well with me, I ask myself why would they bother, what were they trying to achieve. From memory they usually appear in the fields which makes some kind of sense since that corresponds to the "surface" of the die but here they are on the Kings face which is below the surface.

So, for some reason a technician has inserted a very small (remember this a sixpence) piece of abrasive material into the lower part of the die in order to improve the appearance? To me die polish lines never are a good look and I can only wonder what the coin would have looked like if they had left it (the die) alone.

End of rant, nice coin btw, I don't mean to detract from it.

Thanks, I do agree... :wavemulticolor:

[trout]

What is the 6d graded at Aus ??

[stevo1962]

What is the 6d graded at Aus ??

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Australian-1952-Sixpence-PCGS-MS64-ex-Fenton-collection-/331993952988?hash=item4d4c61b2dc:g:pboAAOSwzaJX-NM3

[trout]

Thanks Steve :good:

[ausproofs]

What is the 6d graded at Aus ??

It is MS64

What is the 6d graded at Aus ??

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Australian-1952-Sixpence-PCGS-MS64-ex-Fenton-collection-/331993952988?hash=item4d4c61b2dc:g:pboAAOSwzaJX-NM3

Thanks Steve, good find... I bought a MS64+ so this has to go..

[r9453]

1999 ex Masterpieces (Coins Of The 20th Century - Memories) replica 3D 17.53mm (20c denomination), 99.9% silver (mintage 15,000 sets):

[trout]

This set is one of my favourite Grannybait sets and it the only way I could afford a Non counterfeit 1930 penny :angel:

 

[r9453]

This set is one of my favourite Grannybait sets and it the only way I could afford a Non counterfeit 1930 penny :angel:

Spot on, I bought two sets, the second one just so I could use the 1930 silver penny as a space filler in my penny album. :idea: