@Martin said:
I was under the impression that no frost on the sun was a killer. That one (picture) has no sun frost. Very nice coin but a gift for the designation
Martin
From what I have seen, at least half of currently designated coins do not show sun frost.
The quality of imaging varies a lot, and you are comparing photos from many different sources. Unless you have seen them in hand, you can’t draw conclusions.
Die pairings are fairly conclusive.
Regardless, the thing was undesignated beforehand. It's a $14k plastic/sticker bump. Huge congrats to the submitter, but the shift from not designating these to suddenly doing so is unexpected to say the least.
IMO - it's time to crack and send all liner 36-42 near CAMs to PCGS right now.
Die pairings are irrelevant to whether a coin is cameo or not. It doesn’t preclude a cameo from a different die pairing from coming forward. Potential cameos result from the first few coins struck with decreasing amount of frost after each strike at initial use or after polishing.
I’ll agree to disagree on this. It provides an excellent starting point and eliminates a significant portion of error.
@Martin said:
I was under the impression that no frost on the sun was a killer. That one (picture) has no sun frost. Very nice coin but a gift for the designation
Martin
From what I have seen, at least half of currently designated coins do not show sun frost.
Well, If these coins don't exist with full frost - sun included - they have to lower the standards that they use for all the other series (Full Frost w/no breaks?) . What can I say, they make the rules.
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I’ll agree to disagree on this. It provides an excellent starting point and eliminates a significant portion of error.
Coin Photographer.
Well, If these coins don't exist with full frost - sun included - they have to lower the standards that they use for all the other series (Full Frost w/no breaks?) . What can I say, they make the rules.