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Nice!!!
I have been buying any nice Au to Bu coins of the British empire!!

 

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Something a little different...

 

With 40+ years in the color industry, I think I know what pink is - it's just a lighter intensity of a shade of reflected red light energy. Pinks and all other colors can come in different hues. You can bluer reds/pinks, yellower reds/pinks, etc.

To get more technical than I feel like typing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink

If you disagree, please enlighten me.

 

A few more for the weekend. Got some new foreign stuff as well, posted those in the new foreign thread.
-Shaun

 

And lastly, picked up my first Modern Commem, this handsome looking Dolley Madison Proof. Just occured to me the reverse is designed by Tiffany & Co.
-Shaun

 

2012 Canadian Bull Moose, 1926 Sesu PCGS AU, 2012-W ASE before and now where it belongs. The one in the photo didn't go into the Dansco as you can see it has some milk spots

 

Outstanding Commen Shaun...my favorite modern by far. Great addition to your collection.

Bruce

 

A couple of Frankie additions.

 

These are not new, but are recent. Just got around to taking photos.

The 1967 is from Great Collections and just screamed my name when I first saw it.

The 1965 was a generous gift from Winged Liberty. I guess he felt sorry for me. Thank you WL!!:thumb:

 

2012 Unc Silver Eagle

Came in today 08/14/2012. 2012 Uncirculated "W" American Silver Eagle.

 

Thanks Bruce, just picked up a 400th Jamestown today that I'll post later this evening. But I do agree, that Dolley is the best of the Modern bunch, and I don't normally do modern anything.

-Shaun

 

It's an interesting video on why there's no magenta in the rainbow. He has his color nomenclature wrong. He equates pink with magenta and they're not the same. Magenta is a hue (composed of both red and blue, as the narrator says); hues have optimal intensity. Pink is a tint of red (whether it be a warm or cool red), which means that white has been added. Adding white to any color pales it—lessens its intensity.

The colors of the rainbow are pure hues. Adding white to them creates tints; adding black creates tones. This is from the Munsell color system and applies to both subtractive and additive color.

 

I see you beat me to it!

 

Got mine yesterday. I much prefer the burnished over the proofs, more what the original walker design looked like. It's a 70 in my opinion.

 

Another recent eBay pickup.

 

1937 Lincoln Cent. PCGS MS66RB. Monster eye appeal! A recent eBay pickup just dripping with luster. I paid $108.50, about a 3.4x toning premium (well worth it to me!) The seller told me that he pulled this flashy coin from an original (untouched) mint-wrapped roll of uncirculated 1937 Lincoln Cents -- and submitted to PCGS for grading just a few weeks ago. So this coin hadn't seen the light of day for 75 years. It's kind of cool getting a glimpse of what truly original toning looks like from a paper coin roll. Some notable events of 1937: Franklin Roosevelt was sworn in for a 2nd term as President of the United States, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened, and the flying airship Hindenburg exploded while attempting to hook itself to a mooring post over New Jersey, which signaled the end of the dirigible as a major form of transportation.

 

I got a few this week including a missing package of 1/2 Marks from Romania that was finally found! That's another story for another time..

Here are a few.
German Empire 1/2 marks.





And a couple 64 Rosie proofs.




Rock on.
-greg