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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 548403, member: 6229"]<font size="4">Do you know what a <b><i>Cartwheel</i></b> is and what a <b><i>Cartwheel Effect</i></b> is? There is a difference!</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">The first coins to be designated as <b><i>Cartwheels </i></b>are English (British) 1797<b><i> Pennies and Twopence</i></b>. There are two reasons for this.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">1) The sheer size of the coins. In the early years of the Penny it took 9.4500 grams of Copper (ACW 1.00 ounce) to create the flan (planchet). Three or four coins loaded down any change pouch.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Here's a 1797 (George III) English Milled <b><i>Cartwheel </i></b>Penny (photo courtesy of coinarchives.com): </font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=476136&AucID=352&Lot=403" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=476136&AucID=352&Lot=403" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=476136&AucID=352&Lot=403</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Reason 2) Go back, enlarge the photo by clicking it and look at the coin's rim. Not edge, but rim. Doesn't it look like a cart wheel?</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">As for the Twopence <b><i>Cartwheel</i></b>, its size (41mm) compared to the Penny, its overall appearance and its desirability as a great collectible, click on this coinarchives link (be sure you click on photo for an enlarged look):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Author's aside: These <b><i>Cartwheel </i></b>Pennies and Twopence coins were the first British milled coins struck on "steam powered presses" at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint under contract to the King.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=476135&AucID=352&Lot=402" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=476135&AucID=352&Lot=402" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=476135&AucID=352&Lot=402</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">In the U. S. during the 1800s many coin collectors and non-collectors called the huge, heavy, wide-rimmed Morgan Silver Dollars <b><i>Cartwheels</i></b>. Out of this designation evolved a desirable effect: the <b><i>Cartwheel Effect</i></b> (called <b><i>Cartwheel Luster</i></b> by some collectors).</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">You see, a few numismatic connoisseurs discovered that when you hold some coins by the edge and turn them clockwise or counter-clockwise under a light or in bright sunlight while tilting them up and down, a rainbow forms resembling spokes on a wheel which actively rotates over the surface of the coin. Both "Blazing White" and "Toned" coins may exhibit this <b><i>Effect</i></b>. These collectors seek out only <b><i>Cartwheel Effect</i></b> specimens for their collections. After browsing the following coinarchives.com photo links, imagine you owning a set of Morgan or Peace Dollars in uncirculated condition which exhibit the <b><i>Cartwheel Effect</i></b>. Note, not only uncirculated, but some AU coins also possess this attribute. </font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Here's an 1895-O Morgan Silver Dollar graded AU-55 by PCGS which displays a lot of <b><i>Cartwheel Luster</i></b>:</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640299&AucID=468&Lot=2619" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640299&AucID=468&Lot=2619" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640299&AucID=468&Lot=2619</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Another example shows up on this "Toned" 1878-S Morgan Dollar:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640210&AucID=468&Lot=2530" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640210&AucID=468&Lot=2530" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640210&AucID=468&Lot=2530</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Remember the "Redfield" Hoard of Morgan Dollars? Here's a photo of an 1889-S Morgan Dollar literally exploding with a radiating <b><i>Cartwheel Effect</i></b>:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640269&AucID=468&Lot=2589" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640269&AucID=468&Lot=2589" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640269&AucID=468&Lot=2589</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">You ask, "What about <b><i>Cartwheel Effect </i></b>on early USA commemoratives?" Well take a good look at this specimen:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640436&AucID=468&Lot=2756" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640436&AucID=468&Lot=2756" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640436&AucID=468&Lot=2756</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">No, I'm not leaving out America's Gold Coins which bear the <b><i>Cartwheel Effect</i></b>. Here's a photo:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640621&AucID=468&Lot=2941" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640621&AucID=468&Lot=2941" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640621&AucID=468&Lot=2941</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Following are personally selected coinarchives.com photos of the <b><i>Cartwheel Effect </i></b>existing on some world coins well worth your time and attention:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">From PARAGUAY feast your eyes on this 1889 Peso:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=532840&AucID=387&Lot=1149" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=532840&AucID=387&Lot=1149" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=532840&AucID=387&Lot=1149</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">From PERU hails this 1769 (Charles III) 8 Reales Pillar Dollar:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=532853&AucID=387&Lot=1162" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=532853&AucID=387&Lot=1162" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=532853&AucID=387&Lot=1162</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Even "So Called Dollar" Collectors can find specimens with <b><i>Cartwheel Effect</i></b> as evidenced by this photo of a 1920 USA Adminstration Wilson Dollar commemorative of the Manilla Mint's reopening in the Philippines:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=505616&AucID=366&Lot=52043" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=505616&AucID=366&Lot=52043" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=505616&AucID=366&Lot=52043</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">And collectors of Great Britain's Crowns of the 17th Century would enjoy seeing this beautiful 1685 (William III) Silver Crown:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=390227&AucID=293&Lot=3259" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=390227&AucID=293&Lot=3259" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=390227&AucID=293&Lot=3259</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">And I'm sure you'll enjoy viewing this Italian 1936-R10 Lire:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=500803&AucID=364&Lot=52217" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=500803&AucID=364&Lot=52217" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=500803&AucID=364&Lot=52217</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Since you've managed to make it this far here's a bonus selection. The earlier photos of the Morgan Dollars exhibit the <b><i>Cartwheel Effect </i></b>on <b><i>Cartwheels</i></b>. Take a good look at this original George III 1797 Copper Twopence <b><i>Cartwheel </i></b>that, in spite of its dark chocolate-brown color and its choice AU grade, also bears the <b><i>Cartwheel Effect</i></b>:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=474372&AucID=351&Lot=51267" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=474372&AucID=351&Lot=51267" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=474372&AucID=351&Lot=51267</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Well, I believe you now understand the desireability of <b><i>Cartwheel Effect </i></b>coins...</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Hope you enjoyed. Do you have any <b><i>Cartwheel Effect </i></b>coins?</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Clinker</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 548403, member: 6229"][SIZE=4]Do you know what a [B][I]Cartwheel[/I][/B] is and what a [B][I]Cartwheel Effect[/I][/B] is? There is a difference![/SIZE] [SIZE=4]The first coins to be designated as [B][I]Cartwheels [/I][/B]are English (British) 1797[B][I] Pennies and Twopence[/I][/B]. There are two reasons for this.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]1) The sheer size of the coins. In the early years of the Penny it took 9.4500 grams of Copper (ACW 1.00 ounce) to create the flan (planchet). Three or four coins loaded down any change pouch.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Here's a 1797 (George III) English Milled [B][I]Cartwheel [/I][/B]Penny (photo courtesy of coinarchives.com): [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=476136&AucID=352&Lot=403[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Reason 2) Go back, enlarge the photo by clicking it and look at the coin's rim. Not edge, but rim. Doesn't it look like a cart wheel?[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]As for the Twopence [B][I]Cartwheel[/I][/B], its size (41mm) compared to the Penny, its overall appearance and its desirability as a great collectible, click on this coinarchives link (be sure you click on photo for an enlarged look):[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Author's aside: These [B][I]Cartwheel [/I][/B]Pennies and Twopence coins were the first British milled coins struck on "steam powered presses" at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint under contract to the King.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=476135&AucID=352&Lot=402[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]In the U. S. during the 1800s many coin collectors and non-collectors called the huge, heavy, wide-rimmed Morgan Silver Dollars [B][I]Cartwheels[/I][/B]. Out of this designation evolved a desirable effect: the [B][I]Cartwheel Effect[/I][/B] (called [B][I]Cartwheel Luster[/I][/B] by some collectors).[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]You see, a few numismatic connoisseurs discovered that when you hold some coins by the edge and turn them clockwise or counter-clockwise under a light or in bright sunlight while tilting them up and down, a rainbow forms resembling spokes on a wheel which actively rotates over the surface of the coin. Both "Blazing White" and "Toned" coins may exhibit this [B][I]Effect[/I][/B]. These collectors seek out only [B][I]Cartwheel Effect[/I][/B] specimens for their collections. After browsing the following coinarchives.com photo links, imagine you owning a set of Morgan or Peace Dollars in uncirculated condition which exhibit the [B][I]Cartwheel Effect[/I][/B]. Note, not only uncirculated, but some AU coins also possess this attribute. [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Here's an 1895-O Morgan Silver Dollar graded AU-55 by PCGS which displays a lot of [B][I]Cartwheel Luster[/I][/B]:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640299&AucID=468&Lot=2619[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Another example shows up on this "Toned" 1878-S Morgan Dollar:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640210&AucID=468&Lot=2530[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Remember the "Redfield" Hoard of Morgan Dollars? Here's a photo of an 1889-S Morgan Dollar literally exploding with a radiating [B][I]Cartwheel Effect[/I][/B]:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640269&AucID=468&Lot=2589[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]You ask, "What about [B][I]Cartwheel Effect [/I][/B]on early USA commemoratives?" Well take a good look at this specimen:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640436&AucID=468&Lot=2756[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]No, I'm not leaving out America's Gold Coins which bear the [B][I]Cartwheel Effect[/I][/B]. Here's a photo:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=640621&AucID=468&Lot=2941[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Following are personally selected coinarchives.com photos of the [B][I]Cartwheel Effect [/I][/B]existing on some world coins well worth your time and attention:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]From PARAGUAY feast your eyes on this 1889 Peso:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=532840&AucID=387&Lot=1149[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]From PERU hails this 1769 (Charles III) 8 Reales Pillar Dollar:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=532853&AucID=387&Lot=1162[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Even "So Called Dollar" Collectors can find specimens with [B][I]Cartwheel Effect[/I][/B] as evidenced by this photo of a 1920 USA Adminstration Wilson Dollar commemorative of the Manilla Mint's reopening in the Philippines:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=505616&AucID=366&Lot=52043[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]And collectors of Great Britain's Crowns of the 17th Century would enjoy seeing this beautiful 1685 (William III) Silver Crown:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=390227&AucID=293&Lot=3259[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]And I'm sure you'll enjoy viewing this Italian 1936-R10 Lire:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=500803&AucID=364&Lot=52217[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Since you've managed to make it this far here's a bonus selection. The earlier photos of the Morgan Dollars exhibit the [B][I]Cartwheel Effect [/I][/B]on [B][I]Cartwheels[/I][/B]. Take a good look at this original George III 1797 Copper Twopence [B][I]Cartwheel [/I][/B]that, in spite of its dark chocolate-brown color and its choice AU grade, also bears the [B][I]Cartwheel Effect[/I][/B]:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=474372&AucID=351&Lot=51267[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Well, I believe you now understand the desireability of [B][I]Cartwheel Effect [/I][/B]coins...[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Hope you enjoyed. Do you have any [B][I]Cartwheel Effect [/I][/B]coins?[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Clinker[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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