A hat trick

wybrit · January 20, 2004 10:06AM

of veiled Head shillings arrived today:

cosmicdebris · January 20, 2004 10:11AM

Awesome looking trio

ajaan · January 20, 2004 10:18AM

wybrit, is there some color to that 1895?

wybrit · January 20, 2004 10:24AM

All three have toning to some extent.

Bruce · January 20, 2004 10:24AM

The word "wow" comes to mind.

MacCrimmon · January 20, 2004 10:39AM

The 1894 has GREAT COLOUR!!

You know where I live!!

I can just read the headline now . . . .

BRITISH MUSEUM SECURES WYBRIT CABINET

ajaan · January 20, 2004 11:12AM

The shillings are nice, but I really like the Halfcrowns of that type. Had one once but someone 'took' it from me.

laurentyvan · January 20, 2004 11:22AM

Not fair!

Now I have to go to bed with visions of your veiled Head shillings dancing in my head. Notice use of your, as opposed to mine...

Awfully nice, though I gotta say the '94 is my favorite. Is the center of the 1900 umm, shinier? Why is that one coin's obverse different (at least on my monitor) than the others? Different lighting maybe or if that's the true nature of the coin it looks like target non-toning.

wybrit · January 20, 2004 11:33AM

The 1900 has a blast white obverse except around the rim. The camera reduces the amount of light it needs, leading to a darker exposure. You can see this based on the field around it. It's interesting that the reverse is beautifully toned. This is probably caused by whatever the coin sat in over the years. The rim toning suggests that the coin sat in a felt-type coin holder. Similar effects are seen on proofs of that era.

farthing · January 20, 2004 12:13PM

Entombed in plastic??? If so whose and at what grade???

I think I like the 1900 best - blast white with rim toning is a winner for me.

wybrit · January 20, 2004 12:20PM

All three are NGC MS-64. I bought them that way. I rarely slab my raw coins except for some I intend to sell.

Luvdawgs · January 20, 2004 12:45PM

I have to agree with Laurent. The toning on that 1894 is stunning! I also like the reverse on the 1900. Way to go, wybrit

SYRACUSIAN · January 20, 2004 1:13PM

Very beautiful shillings wybrit ! I don't mean to hijack your thread, but I've recently acquired a 1901 shilling with very similar toning as this, only more enhanced and covering the entire surfaces, both obv. and rev. I'm also expecting a similarly looking florin from the same date . Here's an old scan until I figure out a way to post a better picture.

It is obvious that these 300dpi scans cannot even capture 35% of the coin's real colour and lustre.

edited to add obverse - my scanner needs some cleaning

hookedoncoins · January 20, 2004 1:44PM

Very nice coins wybrit (and SYRACUSIAN).

I used to pass these kinds of coins on eBay (not as nice with the toning and all) with apathy. Now I feel this insatiable urge to buy them.

-Jarrett Roberts