Chrome dies

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Did they use chrome dies on the 1954 sixpence ?

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Some were struck from chrome plated dies.

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Some were struck from chrome plated dies.

Thanks Walter :good:
I have just received a pcgs slab with an MS63 coin in it.
I am buggered if I can see and detracting marks on this coin, it is well struck and the fields are proof like ( probably why this was submitted ).
The obverse seems to have wide spaced parallel lines on it (this could be the slab) otherwise I can't honestly see a problem with this coin.
Maybe they sent it back with this grade because they got stiffed with a chrome die coin before , I don't know.

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That won't be it, PCGS apply the same standards to all coins unlike Australian grades which are to some degree a relative comparison to other examples of the date (e.g. a CHU centenary needs to be exceptionally well struck up while a CHU Perth mint penny can be quite weak).

Why don't you post photos of the coin so we can decide why it only made MS63.

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That won't be it, PCGS apply the same standards to all coins unlike Australian grades which are to some degree a relative comparison to other examples of the date (e.g. a CHU centenary needs to be exceptionally well struck up while a CHU Perth mint penny can be quite weak).

Why don't you post photos of the coin so we can decide why it only made MS63.

I will deslab this tomorrow and take some pics and scans.
I am cutting up a beast and slicing steaks at the moment, so it isn't a Good time to be handling coins :ok:
I can clean a keyboard but I will certainly not clean a coin :good:
My photography skills are RS but the scanner never lies, The usb gizmo WILL pick any flaw up as well.
I shall post this coin tomorrow in the grading section for you :ok: