Wow, @Cucumbor - that is an exceptional example! I like the smiling, childlike portrait on the one @jamesicus posted, as well. The wavy hairdo...
And was Fausta "cleansed in finest quality spring water" before being "lightly killed"? One certainly hopes so. I mean, familicide must be done...
Wonderful pieces. I'm sure they're all the more impressive in hand.
So am I to understand she was just killed a little bit?
Quite the "Faustian bargain"! ;) It certainly makes the one from my old collection look rather woebegone by comparison. [IMG] Though memory...
WW2 trench art, probably. A ton of these got made into buttons and charms and love tokens and were sent home as souvenirs to the sweethearts and...
Yes, it's an 1807 halfpenny. Interestingly, it looks as though it once had some kind of love token engraving done to the reverse, which got...
Yes, in the lower grades (below XF-AU or so), a cent like this should be brown under most environmental conditions. When you see colorful toning...
Great pictures. I'm jealous of you gif-makers. They look a little trippy sometimes, though. Sure did capture the cartwheel luster on that...
@ColonialCoin4 - you aren't disqualified forever, y'know. Post something else ... on the World Coin forum this time! ;) And everyone can have up...
Well, we're movin' on back, aren't we? Still not far enough that I can participate much. Oh, well, here's another from that old PCGS Registry...
The toning may have occurred naturally, but that is still secondary toning. The coin was cleaned. It might have spent some time in an old folder...
Here are the Photograde examples. Scroll back to see the lower grades. I actually prefer the older ANA standards with line drawings more, but...
No. Not VF or XF, by a long shot. (You've also got some scratches on the reverse.) Hang on a sec- I'll go dig up Photograde for you...
Terrific portrait in that OP coin! Really crisp detail. Looks like pretty nice surfaces, too.
I tend to agree with Colton. It's a rather absurd piece of modern NCLT to me, made to cash in on American pop culture, like so much NCLT is. But...
I wouldn't be so sure that was counterfeit, since I believe the originals were made under pretty primitive wartime conditions, in a pretty chaotic...
The toning in this case is secondary toning, not original toning. The coin was cleaned (polished), and developed that iridescence as a result....
It does not appear to be one of the gold-plated quarters. I used to sell those. It's just toned.
PS- I am a member of the Love Token Society. It's the only specialized numismatic organization that I, an eclectic "jack of all trades"...
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