With the Apollo 11 half set (a clad commemorative half and a clad reverse-proof Kennedy), the Mint continues to broaden their reverse-proof production. Some of us think laser "frosting" (pebbling) is ugly, and some of us think reverse proofs look silly regardless of how they're frosted. Apparently there are plenty of folks willing to pay up for them, though. But with more and more reverse proofs coming out, what can the Mint do next that's new and innovative? Clad reverse proofs are old news. Well, if doing a photo-negative-style "reverse" of the traditional cameo proof makes people happy, then let's have: THE REVERSE CLAD PROOF We've had decades of clad coins, with white copper-nickel faces over a copper core. But even Nabisco has realized that chocolate-cookies-vanilla-filling isn't enough to keep up the business. So, let's have a New and Innovative Product: coins struck from copper-clad copper-nickel, not copper-nickel-clad copper! Think of the benefits: Collectors will fall over each other to get the first issue in this new style. TPGs can expand their RD/RB/BN classification to whole new types of coins. More business! Collectors who could never afford an actual "missing clad layer" coin can now see their favorite coins with glorious red surfaces, just as the Mint unintended. ...and maybe, if we're very lucky, a few of THESE coins will surface with missing clad layers -- the ultimate mint-error rarity! This is clearly a can't-miss opportunity for the Mint. And when it comes to pass, you'll know who to blame. Er, thank.
Well if nothing else Peter will be happy - at long last there will be something that wasn't his fault
Pulverize some moon rocks and place the dust under a clear lens on the coins. Like the Vatican did with pieces of cloth or crushed bone from Popes on medals. Seeing as the Chinese just landed a rover on the moon and forcing us to go back and pick up some more rocks, we could use those we already have.
Nah, just put a photoemulsion on one device, expose it outside at night, then fix it. GENUINE CAPTURED MOONBEAMS!
Sooner or later the Mint will be forced to colorize them. I suspect a Mint employee will catch a HSN show about those enameled quarters and give Mint management the idea that they can make money on them.
I was actually thinking of that, pursuing that analogy with Oreos. Or Double-Stuft Clad, with an extra-thick layer of copper in the middle!
I only have one U.S. Reverse Proof - a Silver Eagle. (Pretty sure it is a 2006.) It is actually not in any holder/slab - found it loose and it sits in my Silver Eagle Dansco Book.
How about cut-out details on coins? http://news.coinupdate.com/canada-n...s-unique-cut-out-maple-leaf-shapes-in-design/
