Off to the Rodeo at NGC ~ Grade the Outcome !

[greysoldier]

Here is a Great Britain 1890 double florin (4 shillings). It is "in the mail" headed to NGC.

 

 

 

Here is a Mexico 1953 5 Pesos. It is in "grading" at NGC and should be returned next week.

 

 

 

Post how do you think either or both will grade and I will post the "official" results when they return.

 

 

greysoldier

[tomsz]

My guess:

 

1st : 64+ (only thing detracting is that the cheek on obverse and the lions shoulder/nose/elbow have small rub marks possibly from being in a drawer)

2nd: 63 (hairlines, couple small nicks)

[greysoldier]

Thanks for your observations. I'm going for a 65 on the double florin and a 64 on the 5 pesos.

[brg5658]

That is one beautiful frosty satiny absolutely hammered double florin. Unless the pictures are hiding something I don't have any reservation with that coin in a 65 holder.

 

The 5 pesos looks like a 64 candidate to me, with a couple breaks in luster in the fields and a few hits on the bust. It is a relatively large coin, so I could see it going MS65 if the issues aren't as obvious in hand as they are in your pictures (which look like either scans or taken with very diffuse lighting).

 

Best of luck!

 

-Brandon

[greysoldier]

Thanks Brandon. The double florin is a 'stunner'. I obtained it form a dealer in the UK who indicated that it was a "superb" piece ~ and that it is. Quite a bit more flash in hand than the image shows. If this is not a 65, I don't know what it would take. We will see.

 

I agree with you on the 5 pesos, nice and frosty, it should be at solid 64.

 

The NGC grading clock is running........

 

greysoldier

 

 

[greysoldier]

The first result is back:

 

005 1953MO MEXICO KM-467 S5P MS 65

 

I'll take it !

 

If the 5 pesos was a 65, can the double florin possibly be a 66 ? The wait continues.....

[joeyuk]

congrats. God luck with the double florin

[greysoldier]

And the 1890 Double Florin is:

 

001 1890 G.BRITAIN 4S MS 65

 

 

Only the second at that grade by NGC with none better !

greysoldier

 

 

[uchiha101]

congrats

[jpcienkus]

Congrats!