When I started collecting I bought several bright shiny trade dollars. If I were looking for a common date coin for type, I would wait for one...
I really like your Fugio group. Great idea for a site too. I have several Fugios and never get tired of the design.
The silver strips that the planchets were punched from were first drawn through a machine with rollers a fixed distance apart to make them an even...
nice looking coin! I would not have noticed the rim bump if it wasn't pointed out to me.
Zombie thread alert!
Here are the 4 possible mintmarks for the 16-D. you can see if yours matches the look and position. [IMG]
It's real. dipped/?cleaned too, but real. Edge reeding is tough to image, the best way I know of is to lay the coin flat inside a reflector...
Worn out, that is the most utilized Pan-pac I have ever seen or even heard of!
Definitely dipped to remove all patina, and cleaned as well (hairlines right obv field). As pointed out by rzage, any "white" 150+ year old coin...
Great photos, about as close to 3-d as a 2-d image can get!
Thanks for trying!
pretty neat. Where did you find that?
Thanks, Larry. I have seen it asserted elsewhere that PVC on gold does not need to be removed as it can't damage it. Do you know if the damaged...
if "damaged" seems harsh, I guess we could call it "environmentally challenged." Still, for 8$, a real piece of history that was actually used...
I love the Pan-Pac design, too. When these aged in their velvet lined boxes, they picked up some interesting aqua and pink colors. [IMG] [IMG]
That's a beautiful example, AU50 at least, maybe 53, with a very nice strike as Rusty pointed out. If that is your first one, you have done well!
Has anyone here actually seen a PVC-damaged gold coin? (not just a gold coin with green stuff on it).
A question for our resident chemists. I remember reading that a number of the Bass collection gold coins had pvc, but I never saw proof that the...
When I buy raw coins I routinely soak them in acetone followed by a good rinse and then soak in distilled water. I look on it as cheap insurance.
Thanks for the kind remarks. It only graded F12, which just goes to show that the right look can make up for a lot of wear.
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