Original color...or not? (CC gold coin)

RYK

If it is original, it is spectacular, and I cannot tell from the photo. It is a super tough coin.

DickyBetz

I'm leaning towards not.

airplanenut

Is that an ANR picture? I think the digital effects are such that a better shot would be needed to make a fair assessment.

gemini12398

old cleaning toned over?

Leiana

Looks very orangey.

-Amanda

NumisOxide

<< <i>I'm leaning towards not. >>


Me too.

TheRaven

That is an interesting coin to say the least.....

I wish that would be original.....

Julio

Not. jws

RYK

How about this one:

Julio

RYK; I have followed your posts and I believe you strive to give the most accurate depiction possible to the customer. I think you are experimenting here to gain knowledge. Way to go. No doubt in my mind that you take the high road. Those that want to be great must experiment. I have the utmost faith that you will experiment and in the end render truth as best it can be depicted. jws

mgoodm3

i like it. probably more subtle in person.

coinkat

IThe CC would likely not receive an original surfaces designation but in all fairness the digital image I am looking at is not one the is or should be used in offering an opinion

Leiana

The second coin doesn't look so orangey.

-Amanda

Reece

RYK I did some research on the CC-gold that is in the ANR auction, and this 78-CC $5 is the coin that was in the Henry Lang sale that B&M auctioned in July ANA sale in NYC in 2002. Doug Winter writes: 78-CC $5 Lot 615 graded AU55 by NGC. This was one of the disappointments for me in the sale. It had funky orange-gold color which appeared to be artificial. It still brought $24,150.00, which is a strong price for a date that is bid @ $14,500.00 in AU. Had this coin been choice for the grade, it would have brought over $30,000.00. By the way that is one nice 47-0 $5!!

relayer

Probably original color on the coin, but with the photo juiced up.

Frankcoins

Market acceptable

RYK

Reece, thanks for the research and reporting to us. So the color is artificial, or, at the very least, suspect. What a shame.

Great job, Reece!

Longacre

That is a shame.

And an extra special thanks to Reece, an upstanding member of the Southern Gold Society, who unselfishly helped out the newest member of the Carson City Collectors Club.