What Do You Call The Dark Outlines In Recesses On Coins?

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Anjohl Pillar of the Community Canada 815 Posts	Posted 11/10/2012 02:39 am Many of my favorite silver coins have a lovely darker outline around raised areas that really adds to the coin for me. Sure, I love a mirror or proof finish as much as the next guy, but on old coins, particular those with high relief, this highlighting really does it for me. I have been calling it toning, but I have a feeling I am using the incorrect term. Anyone? Report this Post to the Staff

trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 11/10/2012 03:32 am A picture speaks a thousand words Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 11/10/2012 05:11 am I think you mean 'cameo'? Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 11/10/2012 05:17 am not cameo edit: from the glossary Quote: Cameo The term applied to coins, usually Proofs and prooflike coins, that have frosted devices and lettering that contrast with the fields. When this is deep the coins are said to be "black and white" cameos. Occasionally frosty coins have "cameo" devices though they obviously do not contrast as dramatically with the fields as the cameo devices of Proofs do. Specifically applied by PCGS to those 1950 and later Proofs that meet cameo standards (CAM). Edited by Fuzzy317 11/10/2012 05:19 am Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5186 Posts	Posted 11/10/2012 07:31 am I've heard of people calling either this or something very similar "circulation cameo", so the guy who said "cameo" wasn't that far off But no, I don't think there's an official term (though it's almost certainly not toning). Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 11/10/2012 09:45 am Sounds like "dirt". Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 11/10/2012 10:54 am dark areas in the recesses of a coin definitely has nothing to do with cameo anything. A cameo and even a circulated cameo is where the portrait looks frosty or highlighted from the rest of the coin. It has nothing to do with the crevices of the coin that accumulates dirt and grime Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 11/11/2012 3:31 pm Quote: Sounds like "dirt". (But true...) Report this Post to the Staff
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