Constantine I & Probus

Fully silvered is not easily found but many coins have at least some remaining. The problem is that part silver can be uglier than none so some collectors avoid it.

 

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Yeah, I had a chance to buy a lot once in nice VF, but they were all they dull grey, half silvered coins. I just couldn't get over the two tone, hard to read and see the design, look to them. I would have bought them if they had been just bronze.

 

Yeah silvering can be rather ugly if just a little bit is missing. Heres a coin that would look allot better with just a little bit more, or allot less silvering.

 

Se what I mean, killed the topic

 

Nah this oen is probably more what they are talking about. I like it anyways.

 

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Partial silvering can put people off. They sometimes prefer a brown looking bronze patina that has lost all silvering to a partially silvered coin.
It is tough to beat fully silvered examples though.




Martin

 

It really depends on the degree of partial silvering as to how attractive a coin can be.

About 80-90% silvered:-

Partially silvered with an orange desert patina:-


Martin

 

I like that silvered/desert patina combo, actually the first time I have seen that mix.

 

I'm one that prefers zero silver like the above Carus but 100% is really hard to find and 98% silver like the Numerian are not the same thing. 50% patchy ones like the Probus bother me some but even those are not so bad if the patches are small and evenly distributed. Mat's Tacitus is a perfect example of the kind of coin I'd be tempted to strip of its remaining silver if I knew a way to do it without damaging the base metal below. I suspect there is a good way because we have seen a good number of very high grade coins of this period with no silver at all. I just do not know it.

 

Those coins are beautiful, congrats

 

I agree, wonderful coins
I really like the way this Probus looks, though I could probably snap a better photo.

 

^That photo looks fine the way it is I think.

 

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I always get a kick out of RESTITVTORBIS coins and the various ways they split up the legends. Rarely the OR is repeated since it does complete RESTITVTOR as well as start ORBIS. RESTITVT ORBIS and RESTITVTOR BIS are also seen but your coin that breaks the OR in the middle. I wonder if there is some sort of code here?

I'm always a fan of workshop ED or 4+5, too. It is a nice coin.