My new coin came today from Beast coins who is selling smoe from Reid Goldsborough's collection. It appeared on his fourree owl page and I had been wanting a cut half fourree that showed the structure. I will have to work and study more before deciding what I want to say about this one when it is added to my fourree page but how to photograph it properly has been the challenge of my evening. I did one with the sides flat on to the camera but I like the 3/4 views best as they show details in the cut to advantage. For now you can read his opinions here: http://athenianowlcoins.reidgold.com/fourrees.html
Truly, this is an interesting coin and the images are great. It appears as though there is more silver on the obverse than the reverse. Do you know what the "green" is? Mineral?
It reminds me of these nougat cookies dipped in white chocolate that I had in Brazil. Man they were good. I've never been able to find them anywhere else.
The green is hard patina like material. The obverse silver seems to have folded down into the cut perhaps stretching as the cut began. I suspect the knife was dull. All silver is the same thickness but the foldover makes it look thicker in places. The reverse foldover looks dark in this photo because I failed to direct light onto it properly. I may have to reshoot that one.
Great pictures Doug. It was worth the time and effort you put into taking them. As for the coin, very interesting!
Awesome pics! Cool coin too...I think you might find it useful if you could see it under a microscope. There seems to be different layers on the core.
All joking aside, I've never seen a cross-section of a fouree like that. Thank you for taking the time to photograph it so expertly.
The coin was on my small dowel support stuck by a small piece of clay needed to hold it on at the extreme angle. When shot, the background included part of the foam tube that shadowed the background but that was cut out when the parts were assembled.
