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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2600674, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I've long been a fan of original grey-toned circulated silver with a "two-tone" look that provides contrast between darker fields and lighter devices. Most of you probably know what a "Cameo" proof coin is, right? A coin with deeply mirrored fields and frosty portrait or devices?</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Well, a <b>"<i>Circulation</i> Cameo"</b> is an entirely different thing, but the same principle, really. It is a darker toned coin that got lighter highlights as an effect of light rub on the higher portions of the design, giving it a sort of "cameo" contrast, though not in the same way as a proof, of course, since we're talking about <i>circulated</i> coins.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I wanted a good shorthand term to describe this look, so I came up with <b>"Circulation Cameo"</b>, or <b>"CircCam"</b>, for short. This term gained some acceptance on the PCGS/Collectors Universe boards, and I've seen members there adopt it and even use it in their eBay descriptions.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Now, I could go on and on about this, but the best way to further describe the look is to post some examples.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">(2023 edit: let me add this 1799 dollar to the top of this post, since it so ideally epitomizes the CircCam look.)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/97e4f469e9294bf1914d0b44aaeb1f1a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This is a CircCam. Rather dark, to be sure, but the coin was not that brown looking in hand after I bought it from these images. It was a perfect grey CircCam. A lot of this stuff might be too dark for some people's tastes, but I like me a good "black-n'-white" CircCam. I'm not a fan of <i>completely</i>-dark silver, but when you've got the contrast to make the design elements "pop", it's a good thing.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1838-05c-03999-coin.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">A little more subtle, perhaps, but still a CircCam:</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1857-25c-06565-coin.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Classic CircCam all the way. Not the best pictures, though (these are scans).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/19th%20Century%20USA%20Type%20Set/32-1888S-25C-003210-coin2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">A nice CircCam half.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1858-O-50c-010000-coin.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">And a dollar.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/19th%20Century%20USA%20Type%20Set/40-1847-S-054999-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Though it's tougher to find them without straying into "environmental damage" territory, you can find copper CircCams, too.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/01-1804-HC-026500-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This Indian cent looks enviro-damaged and porous in the photos, but it had nice surfaces when examined in hand. I found it a totally acceptable CircCam for one of my old type sets, and it was cheap, too.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1879-1C-002199-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">In hand, this Trade dollar, despite a small rim nick, was as nice a CircCam as I had seen in a long time.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1877-S-T-022500-coin.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">An ancient bronze CircCam! (Actually struck in <i>orichalcum</i>, a sort of brass).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FAncientRome-Hadrian-Sestertius-042000-coin-800x500.png&hash=d6e3e2938d395db45adcee9c08f862f2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">And yes, there are <i>gold</i> CircCams, too, sometimes. This on a medieval hammered gold piece.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Neth-Gelderland-StJohn-goldgulden-072222-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I think you see what I'm talking about, now. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Post some of yours!</b></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2600674, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]I've long been a fan of original grey-toned circulated silver with a "two-tone" look that provides contrast between darker fields and lighter devices. Most of you probably know what a "Cameo" proof coin is, right? A coin with deeply mirrored fields and frosty portrait or devices? Well, a [B]"[I]Circulation[/I] Cameo"[/B] is an entirely different thing, but the same principle, really. It is a darker toned coin that got lighter highlights as an effect of light rub on the higher portions of the design, giving it a sort of "cameo" contrast, though not in the same way as a proof, of course, since we're talking about [I]circulated[/I] coins. I wanted a good shorthand term to describe this look, so I came up with [B]"Circulation Cameo"[/B], or [B]"CircCam"[/B], for short. This term gained some acceptance on the PCGS/Collectors Universe boards, and I've seen members there adopt it and even use it in their eBay descriptions. Now, I could go on and on about this, but the best way to further describe the look is to post some examples. (2023 edit: let me add this 1799 dollar to the top of this post, since it so ideally epitomizes the CircCam look.) [IMG]https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/97e4f469e9294bf1914d0b44aaeb1f1a.jpg[/IMG] This is a CircCam. Rather dark, to be sure, but the coin was not that brown looking in hand after I bought it from these images. It was a perfect grey CircCam. A lot of this stuff might be too dark for some people's tastes, but I like me a good "black-n'-white" CircCam. I'm not a fan of [I]completely[/I]-dark silver, but when you've got the contrast to make the design elements "pop", it's a good thing. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1838-05c-03999-coin.png[/IMG] A little more subtle, perhaps, but still a CircCam: [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1857-25c-06565-coin.png[/IMG] Classic CircCam all the way. Not the best pictures, though (these are scans). [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/19th%20Century%20USA%20Type%20Set/32-1888S-25C-003210-coin2.jpg[/IMG] A nice CircCam half. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1858-O-50c-010000-coin.png[/IMG] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]And a dollar. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/19th%20Century%20USA%20Type%20Set/40-1847-S-054999-coin.jpg[/IMG] Though it's tougher to find them without straying into "environmental damage" territory, you can find copper CircCams, too. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/01-1804-HC-026500-coin.jpg[/IMG] This Indian cent looks enviro-damaged and porous in the photos, but it had nice surfaces when examined in hand. I found it a totally acceptable CircCam for one of my old type sets, and it was cheap, too. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1879-1C-002199-coin.jpg[/IMG] In hand, this Trade dollar, despite a small rim nick, was as nice a CircCam as I had seen in a long time. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1877-S-T-022500-coin.png[/IMG] An ancient bronze CircCam! (Actually struck in [I]orichalcum[/I], a sort of brass). [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FAncientRome-Hadrian-Sestertius-042000-coin-800x500.png&hash=d6e3e2938d395db45adcee9c08f862f2[/IMG] And yes, there are [I]gold[/I] CircCams, too, sometimes. This on a medieval hammered gold piece. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Neth-Gelderland-StJohn-goldgulden-072222-coin-800x500.png[/IMG] I think you see what I'm talking about, now. [B]Post some of yours![/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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