CircCams on base metal coins like copper and nickel bring you into tricky territory, because of the fine line between "nice contrasting toning"...
I do think is has pretensions at XF40, and is right on the cusp of that, at least. So you really weren't that far off.
True. They don't dip well at all once they develop a thick "skin". I learned that the hard way. I was speaking mostly metaphorically.
That's not only a CircCam, but what one calls a true black-and-white CircCam with heavy contrast.
It most certainly is! I miss this one. [ATTACH]
There were hundreds if not thousands of varieties of provincial copper tokens in Britain in the late 1700s and early 1800s, with a truly...
You nailed it.
These are a tiny bit bigger than a US quarter but not as big as a half dollar, as I recall. As the "gros" name indicates (it literally means...
Granted, coins this dark are not for everyone. As long as the contrast is there, though, I'm all aboard. But without the contrast? Coal black...
Clickable pix. :) [IMG] [IMG] BTW, @CircCam and @ksparrow- I still haven't quite forgiven y'all for posting that pair of CircCam Bust dollars...
Clickable pix. :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The token above is from 1794, so a few centuries removed from the Elizabethan era. Here's a sixpence from her time, though. Great Britain...
I love this particular Conder token type (D&H 15 Sussex Chichester). The obverse features "Good Queen Bess" (Elizabeth I), while the reverse...
Six or seven years ago I had this example. These are really cool coins. [IMG] [IMG]
This one had been in one of my retail watchlists for a year or so. With a little stimulus money to splurge, I said "why not?" and finally pulled...
Thanks, @CircCam! Mmm. Dark n' crusty in all the right ways, if you ask me. Common date, modest grade, but still... sweet. [IMG] Guess the...
I moved this to World Coins, just on the chance you'll get better odds of the right person seeing it.
Nope. Just sent it off as a prize in the last giveaway.
As a Gen-X-er who came of age in the 1980s, it is incumbent upon me to post this. [MEDIA]
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