Cam or DCam Frankie?

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Cam or DCam

  1. Cam

    6 vote(s)
    35.3%
  2. DCam

    4 vote(s)
    23.5%
  3. No Cam

    7 vote(s)
    41.2%
  1. Sean5150

    Sean5150 Well-Known Member

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  3. mikenoodle

    mikenoodle The Village Idiot Supporter

    Neither. In order to garner the superlative the entire surface of the devices must be covered in frost. The hair near both the ear and collar appear to be brilliant proof and not frosted, so unfortunately no Cameo or Deep Cameo. This coin is a just miss.
     
  4. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

    Your kidding right, cam for sure, could hit deep, better images needed ...
     
  5. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

    Proof coins have no frosting on the devices and etc....
     
  6. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

    Good way to start 2017 off, nothing like beautiful coins ...
     
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  7. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    Move the lights around a bit........I wanna second look. :)
     
  8. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

    Me too, she's a looker ....
     
  9. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

    Those are some dark fields ....
     
  10. jtlee321

    jtlee321 Well-Known Member

    I agree. Some shadows may be making it look like there is a lack of frost in places. Raising the angle of the light will help.
     
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  11. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    What does trouble me is (what appears to be, at least to me) breaks in the luster where Mike mentioned
     
  12. eddiespin

    eddiespin Fast Eddie

    Neither. But that's a frostier one than Frosty the Snowman. Nice!
     
  13. Paul M.

    Paul M. Well-Known Member

    I voted CAM for this reason. I'm not sure about HALF DOLLAR on the reverse, but everything else looks at least CAM, and possible DCAM.

    You need to shoot this coin with a copy stand and a ring light.
     
    Last edited: Jan 3, 2017
  14. Dave Waterstraat

    Dave Waterstraat Well-Known Member

    Most definitely a cameo coin but as Mike mentioned there is a break in the frost on the obverse and I'm not sure how this would or would not affect a cameo designation by a TPG.
     
  15. Sean5150

    Sean5150 Well-Known Member

    The photos are pretty accurate except all the letters are extra frosted. But there are slight breaks on the high points.
     
  16. Sean5150

    Sean5150 Well-Known Member

    Here's a couple more pics
    IMG_3948.JPG IMG_3949.JPG
     
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  17. Sean5150

    Sean5150 Well-Known Member

    That's what I'm wondering.
     
  18. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    Gotta say, that is a lovely piece. :)
     
  19. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

    For one, get it out of that plastic and lighting will be very hard to do, you need to defuse the lighting, either on the top, or bottom, or take both ( top & bottom ) for better viewing ..
     
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  20. Sean5150

    Sean5150 Well-Known Member

    No plastic, just sitting in half an airtite.
     
  21. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    Used to get these in circulation when I was a kid.
    Never saw one like that. I think it's a cameo.
     
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