superlative blue toned proof indian cents in upcoming goldberg long beach sale/what do you think?
michael
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i see that goldberg has some outstanding blue colored-toned proof indian head cents in their upcoming long beach auction
for me..........
to get mostly even blue color on both sides is truly rare and extremely beautiful on an indian head cent in proof
no they are not my coins
but i do think these blue toned proof coins are rarer than and more beautiful than average proof red indians in the same grades
it would be great to get a proof set of a blue colored toned all proofs and gem grade from the 19th century
two cent piece
indian head cent
half cent
large cent
three cent nick
lib nick
the indian is a great start
these blue proofs are envelope toned and i have seen some proof indians before like this as they all have the same look and secondary coloration again from being stored in envelopes for many decades
here is a copy and paste link
http://216.67.248.212/cgi-bin/viewchap.pl?site=1&sale=28&chapter=42&page=1
take a looksee and let me know which is your favorite and why?
oh here are the specific lots i like!! 873 874 878 884 891 896 911 916
michael
for me..........
to get mostly even blue color on both sides is truly rare and extremely beautiful on an indian head cent in proof
no they are not my coins
but i do think these blue toned proof coins are rarer than and more beautiful than average proof red indians in the same grades
it would be great to get a proof set of a blue colored toned all proofs and gem grade from the 19th century
two cent piece
indian head cent
half cent
large cent
three cent nick
lib nick
the indian is a great start
these blue proofs are envelope toned and i have seen some proof indians before like this as they all have the same look and secondary coloration again from being stored in envelopes for many decades
here is a copy and paste link
http://216.67.248.212/cgi-bin/viewchap.pl?site=1&sale=28&chapter=42&page=1
take a looksee and let me know which is your favorite and why?
oh here are the specific lots i like!! 873 874 878 884 891 896 911 916
michael
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Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
michael
Years later some were sold to Wyate Raymond and some (maybe the same ones) found their way to Tatham Coin Co. in the 1940's. By this time they had aquired their vivid blue toning. Tatham Coin ran ads in the 1940's offering "Irridecent proof Indian Cents".
During the late 1980's when PCGS and NGC were getting their feet wet, they would encounter these vividly toned coins and reject them as AT. The the Eliasberg sale came and guess what? There were more irridescent proof Indian Cents. PCGS and NGC both started slabbing them.
By the way, "Lake" is right, five years ago I was asking RB money for these blue coins in BN holders. Now they're beyond RD money.
KJ
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Lakes, I have a whole bunch of blue ones in PCGS holders. And a few greens, purples, etc.
Check out some of my 1794 Large Cents on www.coingallery.org
michael
My feeble attempts to image the obverse, I could only nail the lower portion.
can you imagine a proof half cent or large cent look,imng like this 1883 with threse colors
and from the 1850's wild!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
or try to get a matching set of blue toned proofs of three cent nick in proof blue toened alomng with this indian cent and a proof half cent and a two cent piece all in proof wild
michael
oh and paul i know someone who has such a set i have seen it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice job on the date of that 1905, and thanks for the Proskey bit....ah, to have bought these lovely proofs directly from the mint!!!
I had a proof 1884 back in the early 1980s which was a dead ringer for the tone of that 1881. BTW, I term thse as IR (Iridescent Rainbows) in my inventory. I have several British coppers/bronzes which have predominant "blues" on those hard prrof surfaces.
Were the Proskey coins wrapped in some type of tissue papers or just envelopes of some type?
Received Goldberg's catalog today and looked through the Indians and Morgans, they have really put together a nice presentation of the coins with outstanding photos.
Was sad to hear about the passing of Michael Magdic. He was about my age and I had a few dealings with him at Eagle Eye. He was a kind and honest person, we did allot of talking on the phone and he would stop by our table and say hi at the shows. There is a nice write up about his life in the front of the catalog.
The last picture shows the mirros and the blue the best, but the rest are not even close to what the coin looks like. So much mroe blue and very mirrored fields.
- The toning on the cents in the Proskey hoard came from the original Mint wrappers. This comes down from the earlier generation of numismatists - I have never seen original Mint wrappers from the 1880-1900's. Anyone seen 'em?
- To get the color to pop on the toned coins (labeled BN) I use an ott light to bring out the color and halogen light to bring out the luster/mirrors better.
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