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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2572775, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><b>Great Britain: gilt copper proof halfpenny of George III, Soho Mint, 1806</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/GB-Gilt-halfpenny-1806-082000-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/GB-Gilt-halfpenny-1806-082000-slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Obverse: </b>Draped laureate bust of George III right.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Reverse:</b> Brittania seated left by seashore, holding olive branch in right hand, trident in left, shield below, sailing ship on horizon at left.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">KM 662, gilt copper. PCGS PR65 DCAM, cert #29851547. Ex- "ryarmch" (Collectors Universe), 3/4/2014. Purchased in an NGC PR64 CAM holder, #2480028-004.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">I once owned a breathtaking Irish gilt proof penny (NGC PR64 UCAM), that was truly a sight to behold. It was probably the finest piece in my collection for many years, and it's the first coin I think of when people discuss "seller's remorse". It didn't really fit in with any of the collections I had going at the time, so I parted with it, to my later regret. (Really, had I been thinking, I should have considered it a "collection of one".)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Now that I've gone "eclectic" and am not sticking to any particular set structure (just a "box of twenty"), it was time to find another Soho gilt proof. This British one is a halfpenny, with seated Britannia instead of the Hibernian harp. These scarce Soho mint gilt proofs are hard to beat for "flash". And any 200+ year old proof coin is pretty amazing in its own right, if you think about it. These were at the cutting edge of minting technology in their time. I believe they were made as VIP presentation pieces, and they were originally issued in a metal shell holder which no doubt contributed to to the fine preservation and survival of the coins.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">With some trepidation, I cracked this piece out of the NGC PR64 CAM holder I'd bought it in, submitted it to PCGS, and held my breath. The outcome made me dance for joy, because not only did I get a one-point upgrade and a TrueView image, but an upgrade from Cameo (CAM) to <i>Deep</i> Cameo (DCAM), as well! And Phil Arnold at PCGS kindly gave me an alternate second TrueView picture for it. Though I'm a huge fan of the PCGS TrueView photography service, in this particular case the images do not quite do this piece- particularly its deep cameo contrast- full justice. The flashy proof mirrors must have made it a difficult piece to image. This coin is now one of my favorite pieces, and at the time of the PCGS grading in 2015, was the highest graded example and the only DCAM certified, though there is now (as of 11/2016) a single higher example grading PR68 DCAM, which must be a sight for sore eyes!</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Miscellaneous links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/29851547" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/29851547" rel="nofollow">PCGS cert verification page</a> (with primary TrueView image link)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/GB-Gilt-halfpenny-1806-082000-alternateTrueView.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/GB-Gilt-halfpenny-1806-082000-alternateTrueView.png" rel="nofollow">Alternate TrueView image</a> (courtesy of Phil Arnold)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/Pop/detail.aspx?c=4103&p=PR&t=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/Pop/detail.aspx?c=4103&p=PR&t=3" rel="nofollow">PCGS population report</a> </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/index.aspx?CertNumber=2480028-004" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/index.aspx?CertNumber=2480028-004" rel="nofollow">Old NGC cert verification page</a> (when it was in the previous NGC PR64 CAM holder)</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Wikipedia links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow">George III of the United Kingdom</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soho_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soho_Mint" rel="nofollow">Soho Mint</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_halfpenny#Great_Britain_and_beyond.2C_1800.E2.80.931970" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_halfpenny#Great_Britain_and_beyond.2C_1800.E2.80.931970" rel="nofollow">History of the British halfpenny</a> (1800-1970)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia" rel="nofollow">Britannia</a> (female personification)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">When posted here, this coin was part of my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/">"Eclectic Box of 20" collection</a>.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2572775, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][B]Great Britain: gilt copper proof halfpenny of George III, Soho Mint, 1806[/B] [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/GB-Gilt-halfpenny-1806-082000-coin-800x500.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/GB-Gilt-halfpenny-1806-082000-slab.jpg[/IMG] [B]Obverse: [/B]Draped laureate bust of George III right. [B]Reverse:[/B] Brittania seated left by seashore, holding olive branch in right hand, trident in left, shield below, sailing ship on horizon at left. KM 662, gilt copper. PCGS PR65 DCAM, cert #29851547. Ex- "ryarmch" (Collectors Universe), 3/4/2014. Purchased in an NGC PR64 CAM holder, #2480028-004. I once owned a breathtaking Irish gilt proof penny (NGC PR64 UCAM), that was truly a sight to behold. It was probably the finest piece in my collection for many years, and it's the first coin I think of when people discuss "seller's remorse". It didn't really fit in with any of the collections I had going at the time, so I parted with it, to my later regret. (Really, had I been thinking, I should have considered it a "collection of one".) Now that I've gone "eclectic" and am not sticking to any particular set structure (just a "box of twenty"), it was time to find another Soho gilt proof. This British one is a halfpenny, with seated Britannia instead of the Hibernian harp. These scarce Soho mint gilt proofs are hard to beat for "flash". And any 200+ year old proof coin is pretty amazing in its own right, if you think about it. These were at the cutting edge of minting technology in their time. I believe they were made as VIP presentation pieces, and they were originally issued in a metal shell holder which no doubt contributed to to the fine preservation and survival of the coins. With some trepidation, I cracked this piece out of the NGC PR64 CAM holder I'd bought it in, submitted it to PCGS, and held my breath. The outcome made me dance for joy, because not only did I get a one-point upgrade and a TrueView image, but an upgrade from Cameo (CAM) to [I]Deep[/I] Cameo (DCAM), as well! And Phil Arnold at PCGS kindly gave me an alternate second TrueView picture for it. Though I'm a huge fan of the PCGS TrueView photography service, in this particular case the images do not quite do this piece- particularly its deep cameo contrast- full justice. The flashy proof mirrors must have made it a difficult piece to image. This coin is now one of my favorite pieces, and at the time of the PCGS grading in 2015, was the highest graded example and the only DCAM certified, though there is now (as of 11/2016) a single higher example grading PR68 DCAM, which must be a sight for sore eyes! [B]Miscellaneous links:[/B] [URL='http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/29851547']PCGS cert verification page[/URL] (with primary TrueView image link) [URL='http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/GB-Gilt-halfpenny-1806-082000-alternateTrueView.png']Alternate TrueView image[/URL] (courtesy of Phil Arnold) [URL='http://www.pcgs.com/Pop/detail.aspx?c=4103&p=PR&t=3']PCGS population report[/URL] [URL='http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/index.aspx?CertNumber=2480028-004']Old NGC cert verification page[/URL] (when it was in the previous NGC PR64 CAM holder)[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][B]Wikipedia links:[/B] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom']George III of the United Kingdom[/URL] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soho_Mint']Soho Mint[/URL] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_halfpenny#Great_Britain_and_beyond.2C_1800.E2.80.931970']History of the British halfpenny[/URL] (1800-1970) [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia']Britannia[/URL] (female personification) When posted here, this coin was part of my [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/']"Eclectic Box of 20" collection[/URL]. [/FONT][/QUOTE]
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