Pics...do you have any real "orange peel" coins???
saintguru
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1911 MS66 Saint...that's ORANGE PEEL.
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saintguru
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1911 MS66 Saint...that's ORANGE PEEL.
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david
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LOL!
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...and another one
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Damn -- I wish you had not posted a picture of that 2-1/2 dollar. I wont sleep all night thinking about it.
It's attactive, when the coin is of high grade.
peacockcoins
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Treasury Seals Type Set
That's the perfect example!
(For sale?)
peacockcoins
<< <i> Doug,
That's the perfect example!
(For sale?)
Pat,
Nope, Sorry
<< <i>Doug,
That's the perfect example!
(For sale?)
Actually, it's not Orange Peel, just die deterioration...
Orange peel occurs during the hardening process of die making... when the die is cooled after heating, it contracts. This contraction of the die steel creates what we know as 'Orange Peel'... Saint's is a good example, and you can also see it a little bit on CoinLt's coin in the upperright of the reverse... I don't know that Jeremy's coin is genuine Orange Peel or not... but it is generally seen on 19th Century coins, especially proofs, though the orange peel generally goes away after a short period of striking, or sometimes the die was lapped, and this removed the orange peel from the fields... Orange Peel will only be seen in the fields... if I can find mgoodm3's picture, he has a very good example of Orange Peel on a Proof IHC...
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I just did a quick check on eBay under 2004 Kennedys, and... does this qualify as "orange peel" or "grape peel"?
Only in the world of eBay!
peacockcoins
Mark's pic, and a link to a thread a while back, with some good discussion, when he first showed the coin and pics...
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<<orange peel is seen mostly on 19th century proofs. I figure the dies were polished (obliterating the orange peel) after about 100-200 pieces were struck, so if an Indian Cent has a mintage of 2,000, has 2 die pairs known, there will be 200-400 or 10% to 20% with orange peel. Of course, many of the coins did not survive in gem condition, so a gem full red orange-peeler is a real find.
On proof coins with lower mintages, such as gold, orange peel will be easier to find. The technicians who remove hairlines from proof gold hate orange peel because their work is very easy to detect. Therefore a gold proof with orange peel has a good chance of not being messed with.
orange peel is not used for non-proof coinage.>>
<<Earlier I posted:
Orange peel is not used for non-proof coinage.
Let me clarify:
The term "Orange peel" is used on proof coins. There are always exceptions, since many tiimes proof dies were used for regular coinage, and MS branch mint dies could have been polished like proof dies as well. So the term applies to "proof-ish" coins. Not late die state coins, not gold coins with luster. In fact if you see cartwheel luster, there is probably no orange peel. Possibly a Proof-like MS $3 gold piece could have orange peel.
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Treasury Seals Type Set
Well, it vertainly helps! It typically occurs on the earliest struck coins of a series, and the dies are sharp and fresh, so you usually get a very nice coin as well. As with any coin, the condition is critical, but in the highest grades it definately would have additional appeal...so the answer is "most likely"!