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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerarities, post: 955136, member: 26684&quot;]Hey ARguy,</p><p><br /></p><p>Very nice Pitt Token.&nbsp; I am in the group that likes the clip as well.&nbsp; I was thinking more about the silvering and the concept that you can up with especially the weight argument.&nbsp; These pieces obviously circulated in some capacity, but maybe just more as a pocket piece than an actual spending coin.&nbsp; (Though any copper coin could be used to buy certain things as it was based on total weight of coins).&nbsp; I am attaching the picture of the example I sold at the last Baltimore show. </p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the silvering, I think that you are most likely right.&nbsp; What I think is safe to assume is that someone with a bunch of these (possibly the maker of them originally) silvered them at the same time, not many different people silvering their own example.&nbsp; The silvering I have seen on these (I have seen two or three with full silvering intact and high grade coins) looks very old and almost appears to have been there since the coins were struck.&nbsp; It is something someone should look into more (all silvering on colonial period coinage).&nbsp; It really is interesting.&nbsp; I know some Hibernia&#039;s/Rosa&#039;s have been found with a silvering wash, but many think that the silver wash was applied before the striking of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the Washington and the Virginia.&nbsp; I have seen some of the Washington pieces gilded before, and I have handled two that were fire gilt.&nbsp; I think people liked having something different as a carry around piece.&nbsp; (for something like the 100 year anniversary).&nbsp; I agree with you 100% that the gilding was done early and not recently.&nbsp; The look in hand on the gilt pieces is very old looking.&nbsp; I have seen some other colonial coppers with more recent silvering and gilding, and it looks very recent to my eyes, nothing like it does on the Washington piece you show.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The silvered Viriginia is very cool as well.&nbsp; I have never seen anything like that before.&nbsp; I agree with your thoughts as well on why/how that was made.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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