Pictures don't do this 1889 coin justice and will try to post some more later. This coin is original red which doesn't show in the picture and has some Prooflike surfaces. BUT, the spots just ruin it (I don't think there is a remedy as acetone, MS70, ordinary mild dish soap and mucho aqua did not budge):
Uggh, still not showing well, and now turned 90 degrees. Original die filing marks seen at jaw and forward and upward of ear. Lustre is stunning in hand even after 130 years - only wish it was an 1894:
LOL. Well, maybe that is what I need after a workweek. Anyway, please, post discussions or pictures of British Honduras.....
I have no British Honduras coins myself but that one is a beauty. Shame about the spots for sure though. I think the mundane reverse designs are part of what's kept me from branching out into it.
Yea, they are not beauties and that is for sure. Some are quite scarce in top condition and underrated is the 1894. I have an AU58 that looks better than the Stuart 61 piece....
I hate the spots! S. Korean copper is susceptible to this brown-spot toning, too. What is the exact metal composition for this coin? 90% copper?
Later coins were measured at 95.5% copper with some alloy. I don't know but would imagine that there would be similar copper percentage in this coin at 9.18gm
Ouch. I'm afraid I don't hold out much hope there. Too bad, really, as it's a sharp coin otherwise. British Honduras? I had two, both in my daughter's 1901 Victorian type set. Apparently they didn't strike any other denominations in 1901, because these were the only two I had.
Yes, very nice there Sir. I have a couple of silvers I got cheap from the 1890s that I will try to post soon.