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I've always been told... Told by whom? "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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04/25/2014 9:13 pm
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http://coins.about.com/od/coingradi...of-Coins.htm"In order to obtain a cameo designation, both sides of the coin must have a cameo contrast. If one side of the coin has a "deep cameo" and the other side only has a "cameo," then the coin will receive a "cameo" designation." It also makes intuitive sense. Like when a coin that is more worn on one side than the other would receive a grade of the lower of the two grades.
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Pokermandude, the website you cite deals with American coins. Is it any different for Canadian coins?
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Yes, as I mentioned above. Modern proof strikes are intentionally struck with cameos on both sides. That definition does not apply to Canadian business, proof-like and specimen coins struck with fresh dies (prior to 1981).
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Only the obverse has to have a cameo for ICCS, but both sides needed for PCGS (not positive but I think this is so).
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Interesting. So now the crass question. Is there much premium placed on a cameo? Even in, say, this condition? Thanks.
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Neither even close to cameo. The definition of Cameo in terms of coins is proof-like or mirror like. You should be able to read words that would be reflected onto the surfaces of the coin if held above a book. What a cameo coin looks like:  |
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zxc.....your picture as an example of a 'cameo' is a bad one.
Your picture demonstrates Mirror surfaces which has more to do with 'proof-like', than 'cameo'.
With ICCS, you can have a coin with muted lustre and still have a 'cameo'.
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04/26/2014 3:44 pm
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zxcccxz, are you saying that the coin you show is the only example of a cameo?
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"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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SPP, thanks. The '65 definitely looks like one of your cameos.
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The 1965 dollar has a chance as a cameo (from ICCS).
No chance for the 1939.
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I  on the 65 having a pretty good chance..The 39 ? |
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Your 1965 is a nice example of light cameo
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1939 doesn't appear to have cameo. The other does.
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