Non-flat fields

[Zoins]

Some coins have flat fields and others don't (e.g. buffalo nickels, premodern commems, etc.). Is there a word to describe non-flat fields?

[TomB]

Variegated?

[Amanda]

I have seen the Type One buffalo nickel fields described as 'sculpted.'

 

-Amanda

[cladking]

Unbasined?

[James_OldeTowne]

"Rugosity" describes the character of the fields of a Buffalo nickel.

 

Amanda, don't forget to "guess the coin" in the tangents forum!

[Amanda]

Amanda, don't forget to "guess the coin" in the tangents forum!

 

I have been thinking about it for a while and I am no closer to forming a proper opinion.

 

To keep this topical, I just read an article in Numismatist describing the Ty.1 fields as 'textured.'

 

-Amanda

[Hoot]

Textured.

 

Hoot

[LuvToCollect]

Are you giving Amanda clues James?

[Amanda]

Are you giving Amanda clues James?

 

If he is, I am not getting it.

 

-Amanda

[MikeInFL]

I've always thought of these issues as "high relief", perhaps erroneously so....Mike

[TavernTreasures-migration]

Concave?

[mgoodm3]

I've notices that pre-1915 and post ~1970 proofs tend to have flat fields while those from the 50's and 60's tend to be a bit concave. This can be seen with imaging when there is a reflection opposite the lighting when the lighting angle is high.

 

Not Flat:

 

 

Flat:

 

[MikeInFL]

I've notices that pre-1915 and post ~1970 proofs tend to have flat fields while those from the 50's and 60's tend to be a bit concave. This can be seen with imaging when there is a reflection opposite the lighting when the lighting angle is high.

 

Mark,

 

Not owning an MPL, how would you portray their fields? In other words, are they flat or concave?

 

Speaking from my collection -- I know proof IHCs are all fairly flat, as are all the Barber and Seated coinage, but I thought that the Matte Proof Lincolns which started in 1909 (and proof Buffalos in 1913, come to think of it) were more concave.

 

Just wondering...Mike

[mgoodm3]

I think MPL's are mostly flat except for the edge going into the rim.

 

[RWB]

Curved (or concave) = the general shape. (This was called the "die radius" by the mint before 1920, but that does not necessarily mean "flat.")

Textured = surface detail.

[mgoodm3]

OK, relatively flat.