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  2024 Silver Britannia & Liberty NGC MS-69 |
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Great additions kena, Dearborn and GLB.
Cheers Bryan
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Bedrock of the Community
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Greasy additions, GLB49!  Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thank you all, Bryan, Errers and Varietys and Dearborn.
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Thanks for the comments.
Dearborn, folks who obtain coins from Westminster Collections and keep them in the change checker cards report that after a while the coin starts to tone\discolour.
I personally remove them from these cards and put the coins in capsules.
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Thanks for that info Kena.
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King Edward VII busts loose on this interesting repousse halfpenny-size button.
"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough."
--- Mario Andretti
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That really is an interesting design, daltonista.
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hey somebody posted a Lincoln Cent that has the same design on it just today. (now where was that?) |
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Dearborn, search on Google or ebay, and maybe Etsy, for "repousse," which is the name of the technique used in making them. "Repousse coins" should limit the field considerably, because the process (an ancient one) was employed in jewelrymaking more than in medallic arts. This was likely, I believe, because it requires really messing up the reverse side of the main image, structurally as well as aesthetically. Sorry to report I'm old enough to remember Kennedy halves being converted like this in the mid-1960's as part of his civic canonization. I'm sure many thousands were sold through advertising in the "back matter" of magazines, maybe even the weekly "Parade" that was included in Sunday newspapers everywhere.
"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough."
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I like that one, daltonista. Very nice. Errers and Varietys.
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thanks Dalt - I'll check that out.. did a quick search and found the reverse of that coin above:  |
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Scratching my head here, Dearborn...not coming up with a regular-issue coin this could have been based on the reverse you found. Maybe a token or medallion, or perhaps just a pseudo-coin jewelry piece to begin with?
Whatever, and in keeping with Westcoin's reminders that we buy the book before the coin -- or non-coin -- I dug a bit too and actually found the book, which was described here on The E-Sylum in 2011.
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