This is why I collect album IHC's

IrishMike

This is one of many IHC's I have purchased recently at a small local coin show. You can see the green intercept album surrounding the coin in the picture. Look at the neat die crack running from from the first T in States over the A to the second T. Also note what is going on with the rim at one o'clock. Digital imaging has rekindled my interest in completing this, my second album.

LanLord

That color seems too red for a 63. Is that what it really looks like?

coppercoins

That's a very nice looking piece. I give it an A++, especially for the rim CUD and die crack. It appears to be virtually mark-free, or is the image hiding any of it?

IrishMike

Good observation, no it isn't. I only took one picture of it and with most copper you have to play around with the settings to capture the exact color and I lightened it up a tad with software.

Edited, it has that original color with great luster.

IrishMike

Problem free. Here is the reverse.

toothpuller

Nice coin Mike. A pretty good strike for a copper-nickel. Is that a faint date doubling or a shadow on the top of the six and the three. How about the color? Looks nice and light. Does it have a pinkish-salmon color or is that the lighting/contrast to the green background?

toothpuller

IrishMike

Here is a picture taken with a halogen bulb, more accurately reflects the color but misses the luster. I don't see any doubling.

IrishMike

You can also see why graders use halogen lighting, notice the hit over the nose is more pronounced under halogen.

coppercoins

Toothpuller:

I think you're seeing the curviture of the date to the field next to the bevel of the date...looks like a normal one to me....and a very NICE one at that.

kryptonitecomics

<< <i>You can also see why graders use halogen lighting, notice the hit over the nose is more pronounced under halogen. >>



The hit is virtually invisible in the first scan, so I see you point. Even though that is a pretty good hit on the nose, the coin looks to be pretty flawless otherwise. A nice coin and one I wouldn't mind adding to my collection.

FC57Coins

Neat coin Mike - I like the die brake over States - very cool!

Frank

Lakesammman

Looks more like war paint across the nose than a contact mark....I like it....thanks for sharing it.

The thing I like about the photographic aspect is it increases the enjoyment of ones collection between purchases and it makes it easier to share it with others. Glad to see your getting into it.

oldcameoproofsguy

IrishMike

Nice coin and great images.

shylock

Excellent strike for any copper-nickel and especially an 1863. I look forward to seeing your various IH collections someday Mike.

The 1863 total die count is unknown, but they must have been severly overused with all the cracks and cuds that show up. The cracks usually appear on the reverse like this example Sadysta1 found on Yahoo. Looks like the last coin this die managed to press: