Although I am partial to Brown Lincolns, I also have bought and sold quite a bit of Mexican and Canadian and British coins over the years. This is a particularly memorable 1911 Canada large cent, the "Godless' variety (lacking D.G. for DEI GRATIA "By the Grace of God" on the obverse), in the spectacular grade of MS67BN PCGS. I couldn't believe my eyes when I had the chance to buy it. It was the finest of the entire type as well as the date, and I kept it for a while before I consigned it to Heritage where it did quite well. Beautiful brown coin with glints of olive and glorious luster!
Thank you WildIdea for the perspective, and giving back to the community.
I personally have not owned any 65 coppers red or brown, but I did find your commentary intriguing and heartfelt. I feel like I have a new appreciation for these coins, which as the images posted to this thread show, are really something! Congrats on 1000 and good luck in your hunt for these "brown beauties"
Although most of my half cent collection is AU, all of them are BN. First of all, I can live without the pressure of keeping RD copper red. But most of all, I love the smooth, even richness of BN copper. They're just plain prettier (to me)!
So here is one of my rare MS half cents - in this case, PCGS MS65 with CAC approval. Thanks for the opportunity to post it!
Wow! Love the additions folks. If you want to keep this going, I’ll prob add a few more prizes to the drawings as the pool gets larger....
I made a little time to pull a favorite out and take a few quick iPhone shots. I apologize, it’s onlt a 6+. Lol
This German medal has me captivated. It’s about the size of a US silver dollar and is a Bismarck tribute. What I like about it the most is the attractive portrait design piled high with a strong frost, contrasted with a mirror polished field. A sword is always cool, and the vines that wrap around it are pretty neat! The hue of brown is rather even and has a wash of blue, magenta, and purple. Just about everything I’m looking for in a copper piece, minus the original box.
A few shots to show the piece and I added a few just so the contrast shows off better.
Thanks again everyone for taking the time to make this thread great!
@WildIdea said: @yKnot, your new 13 S has that strike that doesn’t come around that often. I hate to call it a sandy texture in the fields because it’s so much neater than that word and although similar, I hate to call it matte because it’s no use confusing those textures but it’s def an attractive texture. Not really a die erosion but more of an early die state? Thoughts anyone?
The 1914 in my set has a similar textur. No True View, just the best I could do with my home set up.
I don't know the correct answer but I would love to find out as well, if anyone knows. I always thought it was a result of early die state and the orange peel look (which can look cool too) on business strikes were the result from die erosion (pitted dies).
That's a really nice 1914. Love the beard, hair, and bowtie detail, and the pebble like surfaces!
Thanks again everybody for posting so many sweet and interesting coins! I’ve really enjoyed seeing them.
I’ll be free enough Sunday or Monday to tally up the names and announce some winners, so I’ll let today be the last day to get some entries in if anybody wants to.
Ok everyone, thanks again for joining me in this thread this week. It was fun. I made up a bunch of name tags this morning and had my son pull out the winners.
I waited for him to crawl out of bed, I wanted this to be a pure luck drawing,
The first winner for the mystery DAn Carr piece is
mach1ne
Congratulations!
We pulled two more names out just for fun, prob a silver round or something coming your way!
Catbert
Profliz
Plz PM me a shipping address, I’ll get them all out by Tuesday. Thanks everybody. This was neat seeing all the BN copper.
I like copper coins that are graded MS-65 or 66, Brown because they are attractive and they are stable. I think that mint luster showing up from brown surfaces is very attrative. I also like the idea that the surface is "set," and that you don't have be concerned about the coin "going bad" as long you store it properly.
Now for some coins:
1817 Cent, MS-66, Brown. I know it looks sort of R&B, but it says brown on the holder.
1851 Cent MS-65, Brown
1852 Cent MS-65, Brown
I don't know if this counts. 1896 Cent, PR-65, Brown
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@BillJones , thanks for posting the nice coins. I think the proof counts for sure! I like 65 or higher BN on all copper coins, tokens and medals.
The 1817 got my attention! Superb!
It’s not that there isn’t some love in my heart for RB and RD, there is, I’m basically saying that when original shade mellows or blooms into interesting colors, it’ can sometimes get better, not worse. At least for me.
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A lot of beautiful coins here. Every time I see that 20 D that @robec has I can't stop looking. Really well developed color and clean fields. AWESOME!
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Curved clip error, NGC MS65 BN
Although I am partial to Brown Lincolns, I also have bought and sold quite a bit of Mexican and Canadian and British coins over the years. This is a particularly memorable 1911 Canada large cent, the "Godless' variety (lacking D.G. for DEI GRATIA "By the Grace of God" on the obverse), in the spectacular grade of MS67BN PCGS. I couldn't believe my eyes when I had the chance to buy it. It was the finest of the entire type as well as the date, and I kept it for a while before I consigned it to Heritage where it did quite well. Beautiful brown coin with glints of olive and glorious luster!
Kind regards,
George
Thank you WildIdea for the perspective, and giving back to the community.
I personally have not owned any 65 coppers red or brown, but I did find your commentary intriguing and heartfelt. I feel like I have a new appreciation for these coins, which as the images posted to this thread show, are really something! Congrats on 1000 and good luck in your hunt for these "brown beauties"
It's all about what the people want...
a 65 (the large cent) and a 66!
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I absolutely love that deep blue! They often tone in blues but yours is probably the best I’ve seen in that realm.
Although most of my half cent collection is AU, all of them are BN. First of all, I can live without the pressure of keeping RD copper red. But most of all, I love the smooth, even richness of BN copper. They're just plain prettier (to me)!
So here is one of my rare MS half cents - in this case, PCGS MS65 with CAC approval. Thanks for the opportunity to post it!
i could live with that one as well, nice coin
Wow! Love the additions folks. If you want to keep this going, I’ll prob add a few more prizes to the drawings as the pool gets larger....
I made a little time to pull a favorite out and take a few quick iPhone shots. I apologize, it’s onlt a 6+. Lol
This German medal has me captivated. It’s about the size of a US silver dollar and is a Bismarck tribute. What I like about it the most is the attractive portrait design piled high with a strong frost, contrasted with a mirror polished field. A sword is always cool, and the vines that wrap around it are pretty neat! The hue of brown is rather even and has a wash of blue, magenta, and purple. Just about everything I’m looking for in a copper piece, minus the original box.
A few shots to show the piece and I added a few just so the contrast shows off better.
Thanks again everyone for taking the time to make this thread great!
I don't know the correct answer but I would love to find out as well, if anyone knows. I always thought it was a result of early die state and the orange peel look (which can look cool too) on business strikes were the result from die erosion (pitted dies).
That's a really nice 1914. Love the beard, hair, and bowtie detail, and the pebble like surfaces!
Old copper is suppose to be > @FHC said:
Old copper is suppose to be brown. red copper is for amateurs (AFAIC).
BTW,
Nice coins everyone, this is a thread that could go on forever and I wouldn't mind a bit.
65BN is a great starting point........
and 66BN is a little better
and then you can put a second on the house for a 67
BN is the NEW RD. .....if you like pretty at a more reasonable price.
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Awesome idea!
Thanks again everybody for posting so many sweet and interesting coins! I’ve really enjoyed seeing them.
I’ll be free enough Sunday or Monday to tally up the names and announce some winners, so I’ll let today be the last day to get some entries in if anybody wants to.
Okay I dislike 65bn since I don't own any.
Thanks for the chance~
Ok everyone, thanks again for joining me in this thread this week. It was fun. I made up a bunch of name tags this morning and had my son pull out the winners.
I waited for him to crawl out of bed, I wanted this to be a pure luck drawing,
The first winner for the mystery DAn Carr piece is
mach1ne
Congratulations!
We pulled two more names out just for fun, prob a silver round or something coming your way!
Catbert
Profliz
Plz PM me a shipping address, I’ll get them all out by Tuesday. Thanks everybody. This was neat seeing all the BN copper.
So cool. Great thread and a generous give away!! Thanks so much!
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
Okay here goes ...
I like copper coins that are graded MS-65 or 66, Brown because they are attractive and they are stable. I think that mint luster showing up from brown surfaces is very attrative. I also like the idea that the surface is "set," and that you don't have be concerned about the coin "going bad" as long you store it properly.
Now for some coins:
1817 Cent, MS-66, Brown. I know it looks sort of R&B, but it says brown on the holder.
1851 Cent MS-65, Brown
1852 Cent MS-65, Brown
I don't know if this counts. 1896 Cent, PR-65, Brown
@BillJones , thanks for posting the nice coins. I think the proof counts for sure! I like 65 or higher BN on all copper coins, tokens and medals.
The 1817 got my attention! Superb!
It’s not that there isn’t some love in my heart for RB and RD, there is, I’m basically saying that when original shade mellows or blooms into interesting colors, it’ can sometimes get better, not worse. At least for me.
Received my dcarr piece today, thank you so much!
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Congrats @mach1ne ... what was in the envelope???
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Really neat!
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I didn't have any colorful copper to show off but, boy oh boy, I really enjoyed the light show!
Thanks, to the OP for his generosity and congrats to the winners!
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