ant Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 These architectural beauties appear with some regularity on Ebay (with all the attendent risks). It was nice to be able to select a few nicer ones at the recent NYInt coin show. Here's J. Wiener's Cathedral at Aachen with a very distinctive interior view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey8542 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Great one Yarm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farthing Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Beautiful Wiener medal Yarm! I do love the Cathedral medals <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 According to the Ben Weiss site, "Aachen is not a cathedral in the customary use of the word as Aachen was not a seat of a bishop." Nevertheless, I'm sticking with "cathedral" for these big church thingies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Settled in and reread most of the WYNTK threads this weekend (highly recommended!) including the terrific articles on coins photography. I had put away my axial lighting setup when I finished with proof coins but was reminded how well it can work with proof and prooflike pieces. This penny token I came across in NY looks pretty blah headon but comes alive with the fields illuminated with axial lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Here's my dollar I mentioned in the other thread, just graded MS66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown4 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Yarm, Another very appealing "Cathedral Medal" beautiful detail, I love the contrast of the floor. Rare Sov, congrats on the grade. Rey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 That's pretty neat! It seems to cry out for some sort of qualifier with that strike. Or did they just sum it up with MS66? Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Not sure.. its not 10% off apparently, is coming back as BROADSTRUCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 From the Baker Numismatics site "If any part of the design is missing on the coin, it is not a broadstruck, it is an off center struck coin." Broadstruck Old but still learning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Thanks ! cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I was curious what the beautiful Durham Sunderland 2 token might look like struck in lead rather than copper. Got the answer today:: fugly!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 good call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 There have been a few auctions recently where one-sided strikes of medals have been described as "cliches". This one is actually a bit paler and pinker than the image suggesting a dip or an alloy with which I'm not familiar. Nevertheless, after a bit of searching, I found the medal to which it relates - a 1700 Swedish medal of Karl XIII. (which sold for $1900 at auction.) It would be nice to have the reverse as well but the EBayer selling these things over the last couple of months is all out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Got a Jubilee 1888M NGC MS63.. better image later for my signature "type set" 1 to get, a Type 1 (will get 1855) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson64 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 sweet sov !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson64 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 2 new additions for my PL Canadian dime set...(1953-1967)...the 1957 PL67 and the 1958 PL66cam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULLY Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I had never heard of or seen these before, but came across them and thought they were an interesting sort of "crossover" collectible. I think they could be interesting to collectors of: 1. Australian coins 2. Bullion collectors (silver bullion) 3. State Quarter coin collectors 4. Any or all of the above! They're Australian Kookaburra coins, with U.S. State Quarter "privy" marks, so they actually have images of what would be to them a foreign coin on the face of their coin. I just think that's kinda wild, and just goes to show the impact that the State Quarter Program had on coin collecting. That said, NGC graded these quickly. The World Modern coins seem to move faster than U.S. submissions. Anyway... take a look. I got them all at once, raw, and was lucky in that most of them graded MS69, with just ONE at an MS69. I paid a fair price considering the bullion prices these days, so I can live with it. I included what are actually the reverses, even though NGC thoughtfully makes them the obverse in the slabs since they are the subjects of interest. I added ONE photo of the obverse, the effigy of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II With the various collectible "angles" of these coins, I thought they were find anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 There is a 1 Kilo coin with all 5 pure gold privy marks on the same coin.. And a 2oz with 5 silver privy marks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULLY Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I asked Santa to send it to me, and I got it, and I sent it to NGC to be graded -- the 25th Anniversary of the Libertad coin from Mexico. I was REALLY hoping for a 70 coin, but then don't we all? However, I got a lovely PF69 Ultra Cameo, here we go: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown4 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Yarm, Nice ones again. Rare Sov, Another nice Sovereign I have not had any of my Jubilees graded yet, I believe mine to be MS 60 or so, congrats. Jackson, NIce PL there, need any other Canadians? Bully, Very nice images of those coins, how did you produce those, a scanner? Rey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pendragon1998 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 That's a very attractive libertad. Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsshog40 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Nice coins ya'll!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 This mule set is my 2nd.. the entire pop of mules at NGC are submitted by me (one at 55 for someone else, rest are mine at 55 55 55 63, only its not UNC. Great mule though, as is one of the 55's, the one in my first 3 coin set) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULLY Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Bully, Very nice images of those coins, how did you produce those, a scanner? Rey Thanks, but I cannot take credit. Because these coins were "unique" to me, not just a state quarter or just a silver eagle or something fairly "common" to my collection, I opted for the NGC $3 per coin Internet Imaging fee. (thumbs u They've improved their photos though, I can swear to that, and I think these photos speak to some decent quality. I have some from a period of time last year -- I call them "the dark days" of NGC imaging. So, truth be told, those images are the photos provided courtesy (well, for a price) of NGC -- better than I could have done, which was why I paid for it for this batch of coins. Mike aka Bully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I agree For a while the images were awesome.. then they became slap on a scanner jobs. Those look a bit better.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Besides co-authoring "The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century" (D&H) with Richard Dalton, Mr. Hamer had a series of tokens produced at the turn of the 20th century. This one is in aluminum with edge "TIME.ADDS.A.VALUE.TO.THIS.TOKEN.RARE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Nice one !! 1902 1/2 Sov PF62 Matte And here's the better images of the 1888M Jubilee, a little baggy as is usual for the type, but nice and bright.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
