Canberra Florins

[trout]

hum
looks unc/near unc
with black junk on the surfaces
hope it has more colour when it comes home to you trout

maybe a Newcastle coin

It's in a MS64 PCGS slab

[r9453]

I saw this one on Facebook $5:

[trout]

three of these make an ounce of silver, That one is worth about $7

[r9453]

three of these make an ounce of silver, That one is worth about $7

Ha ha yes I thought it was pretty close to the bottom of the barrel. It looks like it might have spent some time in general circulation.

[wwwww]

hum
looks unc/near unc
with black junk on the surfaces
hope it has more colour when it comes home to you trout

maybe a Newcastle coin

Iridescent toning often comes out black in scans.

[trout]

Iridescent toning often comes out black in scans.

:agreed:
Even with a camera it is quite difficult to image the underlying lustre and colours on a toned coin.
I am pretty sure that PCGS would not grade a dull and lifeless coin at MS64 anyway

[robbiegal]

hum
looks unc/near unc
with black junk on the surfaces
hope it has more colour when it comes home to you trout

maybe a Newcastle coin

Iridescent toning often comes out black in scans.

oh ta
Newcastle coins often come with black toning

Iridescent toning often comes out black in scans.

:agreed:
Even with a camera it is quite difficult to image the underlying lustre and colours on a toned coin.
I am pretty sure that PCGS would not grade a dull and lifeless coin at MS64 anyway

oh really?
not according to the bitch over in the captain cook thread mate!!

[ausjack]

:swoon: Oh my young ears :laugh2:

[trout]

oh really?
 not according to the bitch over in the captain cook thread mate!!

Which captain cook thread ??

[r9453]

Which captain cook thread ??

I believe it's called MS68 My Foot, or words to that effect.

[trout]

Which captain cook thread ??

I believe it's called MS68 My Foot, or words to that effect.

OK

[robbiegal]

ha ha
you are funny mate  :yahoo:

[trout]

This MS64coin arrived today and unfortunately the toning on this one is rather dark and ugly.
The bottom third of the coin has a "sooty" appearance.
I am tossing up if I send it to PCGS for "Conservation" or not .
This is also the coin with the dodgy cert#

[nealeffendi]

This MS64coin arrived today and unfortunately the toning on this one is rather dark and ugly.
The bottom third of the coin has a "sooty" appearance.
I am tossing up if I send it to PCGS for "Conservation" or not .
This is also the coin with the dodgy cert#

Canberras in MS64 are not really worth the cost of sending for conservation, especially when the only issue is an unattractive colour. Is the "sooty" appearance just stable toning or is there something active and destructive going on?
I've picked up a few Canberras in PCGS slabs (MS64) these past few months for about $90 to $130 each (such as ebay item 371654886567 just 2 days ago for US 71.60 plus US26.89 postage) so spending good money on postage and conservation will not make your florin worth that much more. BTW how much did you pay for this black Canberra?

[trout]

I didn't pay big money for this one and you are probably quite right about not worth getting conserved/cleaned.
I will just put this with the others as it is .