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Valued Member
United States
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I was shocked by the beauty of this dime. In the coin store it had this opal fog around the design. Unfortunately I couldn't find any other denomination which looked this way. Is there a chance I could get a whole set (not necessarily the same year.)? It would be great to get an Eisenhower looking like this. Strangely enough, when I got the coin home and took a picture of it the fog was gone. Now it gives off a fantastic deep blue. (The inconsistency of the color is because it's still in the 2x2. Which it will stay until I find just the right book to put it in.)  |
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United States
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it look like the slip is adding some blue to it. Nice Roosey!!
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No longer with us
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice coin, but, I doubt that you'll find an Ike like that!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
A number of the GSA proof Ikes have a sometimes nice bluish tone- those are the ones that were sold separately from the proof sets in the early 70s.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a few like that ,, they came from a proof set that was super glued back together .
I think the fumes from the glue did it .
I did not do the gluing but the person I got the set from admitted to having cracked the seal and regluing it .
1970 proof set that I found at a yard sale for 2.00 a few years ago ,,I think I still have the coins somewhere in the mess I call my office .
Metalman
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 United States
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Nice Dime! My 1971S~1974S silver Eisenhower dollar proofs all have a blueish "more white than blue" fog on them. They were like that when I got them. The 1973S was the only "brown" Ike I actually bought still in the OGP. It was probably the easiest proof case I ever opened! Not sure how well any of these were stored before I got them. I think the toning on my clad Ike proofs have more blue to them, but nothing as nice as that dime! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like the dime. Maybe the fog will come back when the right light is on it?
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Canada
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Are you sure it is not the holder that is fogged?
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Valued Member
 United States
306 Posts |
Positive the holder isn't giving the fog or giving it the color.
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Posted 01/09/2008 06:43 am
