Post a Classic Commemorative

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  1. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

    I finally got some photos taken of a few of the ones I have. These have been sitting in cardboard 2x2 flips since I bought them in the mid to late 1970's. They haven't seen the light of day in quite a while.

    I have about a dozen more, but I picked some of the nicer ones. I might get the names wrong as it's been a while since I did any study on these.

    Z



    1918 Illinois Centennial


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    1936 Long Island Tercentenary

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    1935-S San Diego

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    1936-S Bay Bridge

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    1925 Stone Mountain

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    Question: Do you think any of these are worth sending in for grading?

    Z
     
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  3. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Norse American Centennial Thick
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  4. Charles Ruge

    Charles Ruge Supporter! Supporter

    My newest purchase: MS65 plus CAC.

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  5. Mike Thornton

    Mike Thornton Learning something new everyday.

    Very nice. What type of lighting are you using? I'm trying to get that amber tinting out of mine. My medal is white like yours. Thx
     
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  6. Beefer518

    Beefer518 Well-Known Member

    I took that photo a couple of years ago, so I'm not really sure, but most likely I used a macro flash setup I have. I'm waiting for my Norse thick to get here, and I'm going to reshoot both using either 2 cheap-o LED diffused desk lamps, or the macro flash. I'll let you know.
     
  7. Skyman

    Skyman Well-Known Member

    I particularly like that there's gold toning in the pan and on the Golden Grizzly...

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  8. markr

    markr Active Member

    I just won this in a Great Collections auction last week. I don't know--perhaps admiration for the man himself--but I've always liked the BTW commemoratives. This one is MS 67, CAC. I wish it had a bit more toning but I do like the rim toning and reasonably smooth check.

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  9. Dima

    Dima Member

    Yall let this thread fall to the 8th page?! Cmon now... ;) ;)

    Two of my recent reholders. Stone Mountain is graded (an icky) MS64. The San Diego upgraded from MS64 to MS64+. I thought it'd go 65/65+, but oh well.

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  10. Publius2

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  12. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    Whoops! And I reply 6 months later, a couple of acetone soaks removed the green stuff and left the toning unimpaired.
     
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    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

     
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  14. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    this Lafayette is in a details holder for "edge damage" but you can't see it from either side.
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  15. Beefer518

    Beefer518 Well-Known Member

    I bought my Lafayette raw, and really thought it was going to straight grade, but it didn't. "Altered Surfaces" said ANACS. :(:oops: Lafayette (Custom).jpg

    I don't think you can see it in the image, but there's something like oil specks in the field just in front of Lafayette's neck. Took me a long time to figure it out. But I do love the look of the toning.
     
  16. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    The bright spot behind Lafayette on the reverse is a problem too. It looks like someone tried to scrape a spot in that location.

    Many Lafayette Dollars are darkly toned. I have read that this came from the original envelopes in which they were sold. People often have a desire to “improve” a coin by cleaning or dipping it. The darkly toned Lafayette Dollars I have seen would not respond well to dipping; the toning is too deep. This would lead to more drastic measures. My guess is someone tried to clean you coin and the wax given a layer of artificial toning.
     
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  19. Worn Out

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  20. ksparrow

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  21. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    What would you grade it?the dots and specks are on the holder 20210107_193447.jpg 20210107_193428.jpg
     
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