Canberra Florins

robbiegal · February 24, 2016, 06:04:50 PM

thanks Walter

serial · February 27, 2016, 07:00:53 PM

got this today and will be sending it to the plastic factory as soon as I get a chance.

trout · February 27, 2016, 07:07:38 PM

Great strike :good:

oh my florin · February 28, 2016, 08:36:19 PM

My Canberra Florin was confirmed as MS65 a little while ago at PCGS and Eric has a 66 listed for sale, apparently a Canberra Florin has managed to make higher than 66?

http://drakesterling.com/coins-for-sale/products/1927-canberra-florin-4

trout · March 14, 2016, 08:44:27 PM

Quote from: 'oh my florin' pid='85041' dateline='1456653979'My Canberra Florin was confirmed as MS65 a little while ago at PCGS and Eric has a 66 listed for sale, apparently a Canberra Florin has managed to make higher than 66?

http://drakesterling.com/coins-for-sale/products/1927-canberra-florin-4

Congratulations on the MS65, These are bloody tough to find well done :yahoo:
There are at the moment 10 coins graded at MS66 and one at MS67 in the PCGS data base .

This one is nowhere near that sort of grade , Probably AU58 or might sneak in at a low MS but it does have 3 steps and is a rather nice strike with about 99.99% remaining lustre as well.
Regardless of what this grades at it is a rather nice example

Goldseeker · March 15, 2016, 09:59:23 AM

After reading and seeing all the photos of this coin, maybe one could start a forum called The Canberra Florin Forum and membership is only available to those that actually have one of these coins.

trout · March 15, 2016, 10:26:55 AM

Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='85612' dateline='1457998163'After reading and seeing all the photos of this coin, maybe one could start a forum called The Canberra Florin Forum and membership is only available to those that actually have one of these coins.

With a mintage of 2 Million and these being arguably the most Popular Australian pre decimal coin ever minted the membership criteria you propose would encompass a large majority of Australian collectors and a large number of international collectors as well

Even worn and well circulated Canberra Florins are well regarded not only because of the design but also the way that even on a worn coin the reverse design is mostly intact and I doubt that most Aussie collectors don't either own at least one of these or have it on their "wish list" :good:
I am willing to bet that most of us on this forum have at least one of these, So regardless of the coins condition post an image of your Canberra Florin.
I personally Never tire of looking at these coins :yahoo:

Maybe I am just being "Biased" here , But I doubt it :angel:

trout · March 16, 2016, 11:14:43 AM

I have posted this image on another part of this site but it just wouldn't be right not to post it in this thread.

I won this at auction last night.

MS65 with great toning

ausproofs · March 16, 2016, 05:54:55 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='85679' dateline='1458089083'I have posted this image on another part of this site but it just wouldn't be right not to post it in this thread.

I won this at auction last night.

MS65 with great toning

Well done Mate, I was going to chase this coin and decided to concentrate elsewhere ! Lucky you :yahoo: .... Very nice coin..

trout · March 16, 2016, 06:02:50 PM

QuoteWell done Mate, I was going to chase this coin and decided to concentrate elsewhere ! Lucky you Yahoo .... Very nice coin..

HeHe
It would have taken a lot more than a $550 bid to make me walk away from this electric blue specimen :mafia:

This 3 stepper with a bit of a rim ding came back a MS62

Without that small ding I imagine this would have graded a couple of points higher.

r9453 · March 17, 2016, 05:05:12 AM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='85617' dateline='1457999815'So regardless of the coins condition post an image of your Canberra Florin.
I personally Never tire of looking at these coins :yahoo:

Well you asked for it. I purchased both of these from ANDA members. Those fellers are good teachers but they learn ya the hard way.

trout · March 17, 2016, 09:40:00 AM

OOOOO Nice and Shiney :angel:

r9453 · March 17, 2016, 10:00:19 AM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='85711' dateline='1458169800'OOOOO Nice and Shiney :angel:

As one of them fellers said to me, no one will buy 'em if they're not nice and shiney!

trout · March 17, 2016, 10:37:46 AM

Quote from: 'r9453' pid='85713' dateline='1458171019'
Quote from: 'trout' pid='85711' dateline='1458169800'OOOOO Nice and Shiney :angel:

As one of them fellers said to me, no one will buy 'em if they're not nice and shiney!

:laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

I am willing to bet that these same ANDA dealers Hate the introduction of "Slabbed" coins in the marketplace and bemoan them as well :angel:

I recently bought a set of Maundy coins from an eBay listing a prominent ANDA dealer put up with crappy images.
As this was an ANDA dealer I put my faith in their assessment of the coins as being Ch Unc because it was impossible to tell the grade from the images provided, boy o boy was that a bad case of misguided faith on my part:dash1:

Thank the Gods that there is now a new breed of dealers in the marketplace that embrace the concept tpg graded coins and actually KNOW how to accurately grade their "Raw" offerings when they sell them to collectors and NOT BSing the grade and condition of their coins .

ANDA does still have some of the "Old Guard" shonky operators as members But the new Guard of dealers are putting them to shame with their Integrity an honesty in the marketplace :yahoo:

r9453 · March 17, 2016, 07:03:37 PM

One of them fellers I have walked past his shop dozens of times in the last 2 years and never felt inclined to darken his doorstep anymore. The other bloke has a shop that reminds me of something out of a Dickens novel. I never saw a slab of any kind in either establishment. I guess they don't care about the 130 PCGS slabs I bought lately.