Featured What is a "CircCam", you ask? Look and see! And post yours!

Side note- I have yet to own a coin from Scotland, even though I am of Scottish descent on my mother's side. It'll happen before long.

 

Yup!

I like the '54-O half and the shilling. Matter o' fact, I once had an 1896 shilling that looked quite a bit like that one. Found it in a bulk bag, which was nice. I wasn't expecting any silver, let alone CircCam silver.

 

Whoa! I totally overlooked that! It isn't the first time I've been distracted by admiring the contrast and ended up overlooking some flaw. In this case, the flaw (graffiti) is kind of interesting, though.

 

Perfect.

Perfect.

Yeah, those have a little bit of it goin' on. And by NO means is the CircCam phenomenon only a US coin thing!

 

Not my coin.

I love this. I want this. I don't know if I'll be able afford this. It's up for auction at the end of the month. Maybe I'll sell some stuff and bid. Maybe I'll admire it from the sidelines.

It's a groat (fourpence) of England's Queen Elizabeth I. I've been wanting a dated sixpence coin of hers (from 1565 or maybe 1588), and this one is undated, but the toning and the amazing portrait make up for that. The slightly rotated double strike on the reverse is strange looking but interesting.

 

Both handsome. Extra credit for achieving a copper/bronze CircCam on that Nova Scotia. It's not always easy to score CircCam contrast on base metal coins without straying into "environmental damage" territory, but it can be done. I think that one qualifies as an essentially problem-free base metal CircCam.

 

Look at the 1838 quarter at the top of this page.

Not only is that a gorgeous CircCam, but I also observe Gerry Fortin's use of my term in the description of that coin and a few others. I think the "CircCam" phrase has caught on since I coined it on the PCGS/CU forums over a decade ago.