Most of my box of 20 is in NGC holders.

[mumu]

OK and now the proofs. When they arrived I felt I hit the jackpot. I gave them acetone baths and here is what came out. NGC just gave both of these PR 66 ULTRA CAMEO

 

#1 had a nice metallic plum toning in the fields only which enhanced the cameo effect:

 

 

and #2 is just a blast white deep cameo beauty

 

[mumu]

OK and lastly for today Ill come back to the US. I dont have great pics of these but all 3 of these walkers are in my bo20. The midde I posted, the other 2 I have not. The one on the left is raw and not for everyone but I absolutely love the toning on it. The one on the right has an amazing golden reddish tone on the obverse with an awesome bright red reverse with neon green coming up behind the red. I did not get to photograph these with my good equipment so these pics dont to them justice, especially the red and greens on the reverse of the 46

 

 

46 rev

 

 

[brg5658]

OK back to the US for this one. Again not much story. I bought this from KryponiteComics who always has amazing coins. As you can tell by the rest of my collection I am not a big bank colector. All of coins were under 500$ so the washington series is one of the few series of silver coinage I would like to complete some day. This is my favorite washington quarter and it is in an NGC 66*. I call her Starry Night because it reminds me of one of my favorite paintings(but no I am not a learned art person). The luster on this one is booming under the great toning.

 

 

 

That 1964 Washington toner is absolutely beautiful! FANTASTIC coin! (thumbs u

[mumu]

Thanks BRG.

[jerseycat10]

Agreed... killer Washington. Full rainbow spectrum on that one.

[Schatzy]

Killer Washington!! (thumbs u

[mumu]

New to the #1 slot

 

[mkman123]

add some more stuff!

[TomB]

I've always had a fondness for Mexican coinage and the Caballito is a terrific type coin, but oddly, I rarely see them with any color at all. The new Peace dollar and the primarily red-auburn Peace dollar are also killers. However, I think the FAO series is my favorite sub-group in this bunch. Cool pieces!

[AnkurJ]

Very nice! Love the 1921!

[mumu]

I've always had a fondness for Mexican coinage and the Caballito is a terrific type coin, but oddly, I rarely see them with any color at all. The new Peace dollar and the primarily red-auburn Peace dollar are also killers. However, I think the FAO series is my favorite sub-group in this bunch. Cool pieces!

 

Thanks Tom. Those FAO proofs were so tough to track down. Took 5 years to find them and when I did I found 4 in the same week They were overseas in Uruguay and Argentina. the 2 I bought, a polished one and one with some kind of liquid based damage. I kind of wish I had bought the 2 damaged ones anyway as there were only 250 minted. I havent seen any since, and I have been looking for more.

 

You are right about the mexicans coins being tough in color. I decided that proof-like qualities would make a good substitute for some of the world issues I'd like to add.

[mumu]

add some more stuff!

 

I have a few unphotgraphed pieces and that wont change until I either re-buy camera equip or send some stuff off the KryptoComics for shots. The plan is to have 2 box of 20s, one World and one US based. I have a shortlist of world coins I'd like to add in the next couple of years but it will be hard getting to a box of unique 20 because I have very particular tastes so it will be a while.

Here's another world piece in the box.

 

These Balboas were minted in Philadelphia on old morgan planchets so they are kinda grey siders.

 

[Houston Investor]

Beautiful Caballito Pesos - this is my favorite Mexican coin.