Cool toned 1891 Peru Un Sol I recently picked up. Thoughts, comments, general feedback welcome. Sorry for the glare.
Nice Coin, but I am not crazy about the toning. In my opinion this coin might have been cleaned and then re-toned this unnatural color. I could be wrong. Wait for more opinions...
I agree that the toning doesn't look natural. Did you pay $5.50 for it too? I wouldn't be upset at that price lol.
Paid a bit more than that,but not much over melt. Either way,a nice coin for my latin american 90% silver typeset.
I love the coin design. I'll throw my voice in the chorus on the odd toning. Cool share, and Welcome to CT.
It's a nice looking coin. Are you collecting coins of every denomination from all the Latin American Countries?
Just what I see and like, if I have the cash and price seems fair. But a 90% latin american typeset seems to be the theme atm.
I like it. We try to avoid cleaned coins but it happens every now and then. Still a great coin. Keep on keeping on.
I like it. Yeah, it may've been cleaned. But I don't see nasty harsh hairlines. This is the kind of crown I really like. Now here's a truly ugly one - an 1889 Peru sol with a big crack in it because of a Guatemala countermark applied in 1894:
I like it though, countermarks can be really cool. I found some (or a random engraving) on an 1846 France 5 Francs. Should be able to find the thread. One says france, and the other one that is more clearly visible is 3 letters that are still up for debate.
Well I like that one too! This sort of damage has never bothered me on world coins. I like holes too - mostly because it brings coins otherwise out of my budget into the affordable range. Here's a 1909 Swiss five francs that got holed at some point - I think I will not send it off to get slabbed. Obviously I am not a "condition" seeker!
What an attractive coin even if it is cleaned and re-toned (I wouldn't have caught that if not for more experienced collectors pointing it out), especially since it was not much over melt. I know what you mean about the glare off the 2X2 flips. No matter how many times I struggle with it, I never think to snap a picture before sealing a coin up (I like to re-holder my coins if they had someone else's writing on them, sort of an OCD thing and flips are cheap).
Holes, counterstamps, any kind of historical damage tells a story to me and makes me ask questions about the particular coins, I like that kinda stuff too, not just pristine or untouched coins. It was currency, it's exchanged so many hands and if it could talk, man the stories they'd tell.
Many of those Peruvian Sols have overdates and other unusual die characteristics that can only be seen with a loupe. Cool coin indeed.
