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Merc Folks, Silver Collectors also. White Coin ?

FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
In all these years I have never really understood what a persons idea of a Blast White Coin is. Sure I can tell on a modern issue but is the same standard used for Semi-Classic coins ? To me this coin shown would be Blast White. Is this a correct assumption ? If I'm all wet on this just say so. I can take it if you use a smiley. Just want to learn something from other collectors on this issue I have with myself.

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Thanks Much.
Ken

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  • Looks like a creamy white coin not blast whiteimage the hazy surfaces do not sugest blast white in my opinion.
    cladmaker
  • I see some toning on it. J Voege
    Merc collector.
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It does have some slight Milky tone to it. This is what throws me a little on the classic side. If this was a modern coin I would say toned for sure. Is there just a little different standard for the classic coins though. ?

    Ken
  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    I would consider that coin white. Blast would look as if it was just minted (many of these coins are dipped, however many come out of pristine rolls). Over-dipped removes the luster, so IMO to qualify for blast white the coin cannot be dipped to a point of removing the luster--that is just as bad as AT. I have grown to realize that light natural look with just a hint of color (or tarnish) is better than blast white.

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  • remumcremumc Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭
    What Tony said!

    Regards,

    Wayne



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    Wayne

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  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,292 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ditto with Tony too - good point !!


    Marc
  • CocoinutCocoinut Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe not "blast white", but certainly original. IMHO, a blast white coin should be completely haze and tone-free, as if just plucked from a well-preserved original roll.

    p.s. I believe any coin that is dipped white should be noted as such.

    Jim
    Countdown to completion of my Mercury Set: 1 coin. My growing Lincoln Set: Finally completed!
  • Ditto Tony and Jim.
    Dennis

    My Dimes

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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    Too much toning to be considered blast white (i.e. not even close).
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  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The general opinion appears to be that coin one, the 38D, would be White but not Blast White. From what I gather here maybe this next coin would be considered Blast White. This would be the only coin I have in my collection that could be considered Blast White IMO.

    The 27D I have is Blast White but I also believe the coin has been conserved, dipped so it is taken out of the Blast White catagory in my opinion. Is this sort of how others feel about conserved, dipped white coins also ?

    Ken

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  • Blast White!
    And by the way, that 27D belongs in my set.....image
    Dennis

    My Dimes

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  • MarkMark Posts: 3,542 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ken:

    I think your 45-S is either "blast white" or else real close to it. In my opinion, dipping a coin does not take it from the "blast white" catagory. Indeed, personally I prefer "blast white" coins and I presume most of these coins have been dipped. For instance, my "blast white" 1916-P dime is, in my opinion, dipped because I doubt that many silver coins could survive 87 years without a slight hint of toning. Morgan dollars are an exception because we know they were kept in mint bags. I don't know of many Mercs that were stored in mint bags, however, which is why I presume most older "blast white" Mercs have been given a bath. The point that my coin probably has been dipped doesn't bother me too much because it still has all its luster and it is, to my eye, a truly pretty coin.

    Obviously no one wants an over-dipped, lifeless coin, but a quickly dipped coin that retains its life simply does not offend me. That said, I can also appreciate toned coins and "original white" coins. (My suspicion about many but not all "original white" coins, however, is that they probably were dipped at one time in their life, but long enough ago so that they have started to retone.) And, I am darn glad that not everyone shares my taste because if they did I guess that the price of the coins I like would be higher!

    Mark
    Mark


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