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And yet another. This is a 3-year type coin, from 1844-1846, German State of Hannover.

Got this one today.

This is Heraldic Art Medal #9 (of a series of 60 designs; 3 medals per year for 20 years). It was issued in 1961 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Tippecanoe.

The year 1961 was a fruitful year for designs featuring the horse, with all 3 medals prominently featuring the equine image (Centennial medals for Kansas Statehood and for the Civil War are the other 2 designs). This medal completes my 1961 series of these medals.

Keeping with 1964...and some color...

 

I'll bet that is a nice one in hand. No Cameo on that?

 

jom

The picture is specifically taken to show off the color. I am not sure if the star was given for "eye appeal" of the color, or for the cameo. In hand, I would judge the obverse full cameo, possibly ultra. The reverse is clearly not cameo in hand. This is one of my dislikes of the NGC star designation -- it can have two completely different meanings; either "one side cameo" on some proofs, or "exceptional eye appeal" (usually on business strikes).

I found this one when I was going through some of my coins last night, and I thought "I should shoot some new pics of this toned beauty". This is shot with axial lighting. The coin exhibits golds and blue throughout, and it resides in an older NGC holder, graded MS66.

-Brandon

Keeping with 1964...and some color...

I am extremely happy to add this piece to my collection from yarm. For any of you that have not dealt with yarm, I can't rave enough about the quality of pieces from his collection and the joy it is to deal with him as a seller.

I purchased a couple Conder Tokens from yarm. Extremely professional and friendly to work with, and no hassle return policy (though I didn't return anything because they were absolutely beautiful pieces). This guy is "top notch" in my opinion. (thumbs u

BRG Nice token... love the two-headed swan. Do you know any details on it? I've seen similiar Conders, but this one looks a little more modern like early 1800's

Hi Cyber, you are correct. It's from around 1810. Here is a link to the description:

http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinView.aspx?sc=163673

There's no really good place to post this one, and it's closest in "type" to the Conders. Thus, I decided to post it here.

I just got this one today. Been looking for an example of this token for a while. I fell in love with the toning on this one. It is the F630AK-2a Hussey's Message Post token, with rarity estimated R2-R3.

The compilation side-by-side image at the bottom is shot with an axial lighting set up to bring out the colors (no saturation or color adjustments).

My newest pick-up. This is a 1946 Luxembourg 100 Francs. This coin was struck in two separate versions. The larger quantity (98,000 pieces) was struck including the designers name on the reverse between the 1946 and the word "BLANNEN". An additional 2,000 pieces were struck without the designers name, and this is one of those rarer pieces. This particular coin is graded MS66 by PCGS.

Here is the listing in the NGC World Coin Catalog.

Here's my newest Barber addition. Thanks to all who "guessed the grade' in the other thread.

This one is in an old NGC holder, graded MS66.

I don't get to post in this thread too often, but I'm very happy with my newest purchase. These images are axial lighting to show off the texture and color on this one. I'm also adding a couple close-up images.

Jason, is that MS63-MS64 range? I like the prooflike surfaces, but it's unfortunate how flat the details are on the branch hand and the eagle's leg.

Specimen; they dole out "SP" grades for SMS coins.

 

PCGS gives them Specimen grades, as coinman states.

 

NGC labels them as SMS, but gives them an "MS" grade.

 

Thanks for clarifying the ambiguity in my statement. By "they," I was referring to PCGS. I hope my post wasn't misleading (i.e. NGC and PCGS do use different nomenclatures).

PCGS will give SMS coins from the 1960s either the MS or the SP designation (there are plenty of examples of both the MS and the SP designation). They are somewhat inconsistent. They (PCGS) have also used both MS and SP designations for the satin finish coins from 2005-2010. I haven't seen any rhyme or reason for the varied use of the SP vs MS designation by PCGS on these 1960s and 2005-2010 coins.

If you don't believe me on how inconsistent they are do an eBay search for "PCGS SMS 196*" and you will see a bit of everything.

I spotted this toner on eBay, and snagged it for $49. The eBay pics showed hints of tone, but it exceeded my expectations in hand.

In addition to the original eBay images, I am adding both the direct light (luster emphasized) and axial light images (color emphasized).

The original eBay pics:

The direct light images:

The axial light images:

OK, here is my other experiment in imaging toned coins. I had my camera set up for some axial lighting shots, so that's what this one is. The colors are much more delicate on the coin surface, but they come screaming through with this method.

Because of the ambiguity in the meaning of the "star", I'm not sure if it's for cameo surfaces on one side (which the obverse exhibits) or if it's for the blush of color on both sides.

This one came today. I wanted a few coins with color to practice imaging.

 

 

I'd blow that one up and hang it on the walls of my study !!!

 

WOW - he's a great coin !!

Haha, thanks Mike. I snagged it for $27 BIN about 30 minutes after it was posted on eBay. It's very nice in hand!

This one came today. I wanted a few coins with color to practice imaging.

This one came today. I don't know too much about it, but it struck me as pretty cool, and it has a horse on it! I'll have to do a little research for this one. The surfaces are very prooflike.

An upgrade to my Sac set. Just got it in the mail today.

From a member ATS. I have wanted one of these for a very long time.

 

Hi Paul,

The images are too small to read the labels...what exactly are these? They are cool whatever they are!

-Brandon

 

 

 

My apologies for not being able to make the barber quarters show up

I fixed it for you rons.

By the way, beautiful Barber quarter!

-Brandon