Had a bit of a score this weekend I found a plastic container tagged with "Keepers" in a box of old albums, catalogues and plastic pages etc. I had forgotten it was there and it contained the following - - A few handfuls of world circulating silver, late 1800's to 1940's Mainly Pacific and European. - US Eisenhower Dollar 1971 Unc in presentation envelope. - Australian Pennies Errors : cuds, peels etc X 5, and average 1914 X 3, 1915, 1931 dropped 1 X 3, 1932/3 Over date. - Some threepences 1923 X 2, 1928 with a nice error and a 1942 plain. - 1930 Halfpenny VF ish. - 1935 Shilling around VF. - Some round 1966 50's. - Decimals - some unc 20c and 10c and circulated 1972 5c, 2000 $1 (not that one), 2008 $1 rabbit ears and some 1968 silver & copper ( 2 X 1c with lustre). It is the 1942 Melbourne threepence that I am having trouble coming to grips with, I would have tossed it in with the others like a "too hard basket" There is residual lustre particularly through the lettering on both sides and there is little evidence of major wear on the reverse, there is a knock across the 9 in the date. However the obverse is somewhat weak and looks much weaker in natural light. The photographs were taken under lighting; The scratch across the kings head is only visible with this lighting. To me the reverse is better than VF, but the obverse is ?????? Any thoughts on grading would be much appreciated. Cheers EOI - Welcome.
this coin is well known for having a weak strike and you want to focus on the lustre and detracting marks (eg scratches, rim knocks etc) when grading it.
