Newp #1 Uruguay FAO Proof Newp # 2 Added Mintage on these is 250.(Krause says 350 but Krause incorrectly reports mintage for several pieces in this series.) I came across 4 in 1 week. 1 was whizzed badly the other may have been ruined by a chemical. The other 2 I bought Here's #1 And now #2: Nice Plum purple toning on this one makes the fields darker and the cameo contrast better even though this one might grade a bit lower than the other one.
Thanks and yes and if I can find 1 more nice one I'll own over 1% of them. The other one I picked up is pretty nice too. The mirrored fields are toned in a deep dark plum purple which makes the cameo look even more pronounced. I will post that one next
I'm going to add a little story about how I stumbled upon these coins. First I will state that in 2 years of looking for one I had not found one. And the only auction history I found for one was from 2006. Also as part of the neccesary info I must state that I am a bit of a wiseass at times. Ok so I see a guy who lists another coin I have been hoarding for about 2-3 years now and his price was 3x higher than what I had been paying for the same coin. His was an AU at that and I had been getting them in UNC for 1/3rd his buy it now. Annoyed at his gall I decided to send him a message to kind of tweak the idea that his price was ridiculous. But in my first email to him I mention something about the mintage on those and that led him to mention that he has the ultra rare proof version that you see above. At this point I wasnt too excited because his other price was so high I assumed he'd price me out of this one too. I ask for the price, and using the 2006 autcion as a watermark, it doesnt seem too bad. Especially if I can knock down a few bucks assuming in his mind he was highballing me the way he was the other coin mentioned. At this point the excitement begins. So I play hardball and I tell that at his price the condition of the coin is a bit low. Discussion ends there for the day and I assume I'll hear back again in a few days if he decides my offer was ok. Instead he sends me an email saying he has one in even better condition. I say send over the pics and in fact the coin is in better condition. Its actually the first coin listed in my original post here. So we negotiate on the price for a couple days and he finally breaks a little. Knocks off 25$ off the first and 50$ of the 2nd pictured and I agree and buy them both. Now the condition of the coins seemed decent to me. But there was a bit of a gamble because they were scans. I analysed the scans in photoshop using different methods for imprving scans to reveal what might be wrong and I decided it was worth the risk. I determined that both coins would look better in hand. And they did. #2 pictured actually surprised me because what I thought would be spotting was actually breaks in what turned out to be a splendid plum-purple toning and in fact the fields are perfectly mirrored with no mirror spots. You can imgaine my delight after 2 years of not finding even one, I find 2 from this guy in great condition and found another 2 in the same week! Though I didnt buy the other 2 as one was polished and the other was iffy on chemical damage and the seller didnt provide more pics on request. Below are the sellers scans for reference.
Very nice coins, good story too! What does the reverse depict drawings of, or what are the symbols of, do you know? :thumb:
Thanks. I started a thread on the non-proof issues of these and if you scroll down to post 14 I have them all explained: http://www.cointalk.com/t104070/
So after a long gestation period, these finally made it to NGC and got grades. Both of these went PF66 ULTRA CAMEO My rainow toner went MS 64 and the copper strike went MS 65 Red Brown.
