1911 Lincoln

Picked this up today at the coin show. The luster is blazing! Decent die strike for a 1911 too. I had a tough time with the pictures, the luster makes the water spots really stand out. In-hand, this coin looks 100x better.

 

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nice :thumb:

 

some really nice luster there.

 

It also makes the coin look like someone has recolored the coin. I am guessing that that is not the case. Nice one!!

Is that a die crack going into the leaf wheat? 65 RED?

 

I Like...very nice....

 

Nice coin and nice photos.
You captured the details well.
Try working with a darker background.

And high res images of coins brings out all the little marks that you don't see with the eye or even a loupe.
A camera or scanner sees things differently than the eye does.
And unfortunately accentuates little differences.

Sometime if you have a chance try looking at one of your best coins under a stereomicroscope at 100x.
It'll look terrible.
Fortunately coins are graded at about 5x.

 

No recoloring that I can tell from 4x to 10x, all I see is flow lines and mint bloom. It's really an amazing coin in hand.

Yes, that's a die crack you see.....adds character. LOL The expert that sold it to me and I both agreed MS-64.

 

if people can sell you colored coins let me know. i would love to meet that expert. how is the nickel fluid coming? my coins have started crying

 

Coins this bright always give me a hard time with pictures. I prefer a white background so one can evaluate the white balance. White balance can make a huge difference in how a coin looks. Yes, dig cameras are not perfect, they can capture things that are not really there. The slightest off refection does strange things to a CCD.

I've looked at surfaces many times at high mag. If you really want to see something ugly, try an electron microscope at 10,000x!

 

That's a really nice cent. Love the die crack.

Bruce

 

Man, I have never heard of recolouring a coin...how is that performed? Dipping?
Is there a way to determine if this has occured?

 

Don't know a whole bunch about it, but so far as I know, the only way to detect it is the color of the coin. Yes, I believe it is some kind of dipping process.

 

I don't collect nickels, so I have no motivation for developing a fluid to remove verdigris for them. As you may or may not know, I developed VERDI-GONE™ for my own selfish reasons.

 

Is there mechanical doubling on the date or am I just seeming things?

 

I'd like to know as well! I heard of it, I've seen it, but I have no idea what people use.

There was an ebay seller of Lincolns on ebay about a year ago selling recolored coins like crazy and for very high prices. EVERY COIN HAD THE SAME COLOR, regardless of wear. Even VF coins were red. I bought one to examine and discovered ALL of the color came off with xylenes and acetone....brought the right back to brown. To me it looked like either metallic paint or metallic fingernail polish.

The biggest mistake I made (and regretted) is not doing this in the lab scientifically. I would have liked to ruin this idiots ebay selling forever as I saw a lot of people getting ripped off by over-paying for junk.

 

Boss: excellent coin Thad!! To Kanga- I understand the grades don't use any magniication except for attribution for errors (after you pay extra).

 

Thad, that 1911 is looking a little pink to me, is it so in hand or just the lighting. Either way, a real nice coin.

If it is pink, I have an HONEST cure for you, but it'll take some time on a windowsill in an old envelope

 

I sort of agree with AJ but didn't want to dis' the coin cause Thad seemed so excited but it does look lightly dipped. I have several dipped coins that are browning up very nice in my Dansco album. Is that better than the envelope and window sill or vice versa. I like the album toned look of coins more myself.

 

Nah, not pink at all, just pure mint red. Anything you see is due to my poor photography skills and limitations of my camera. The picture is nothing more than a rough representation of the coin, really, if you saw it in hand you'd agree with me.

Oh...I know all about the window sill method. I have a few coins in my window sill all the time with an envelope from circa 1962.

 

i thought u developed verdi gone to help the coin community

oh how my heart brakes