Liberian Pics

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Been fighting with the camera for almost 2 hours now. Gawd how I hate photographing proofs.

I decided to purchase 2 of the 7 Liberian proofs I received from NEN on approval:

1. 1868 2 Cent Pattern, KM-PN16. NGC PF64 BN CAMEO. This is the coin that I reference in the other thread, that I believe is NOT copper. The regular direct-on shots give it a brownish color, somewhat copper in appearance, but the second set at a different angle, and especially the angled-glass shots show a completely different color. If not copper-nickel or white metal, might it be bronzed or silvered? I'm tellin' ya, it ain't a normal copper piece.







Angled glass:




2. 1890 2 Cent Pattern, KM-PN54. NGC PF66 RB. A stunningly reflective coin. Only the last picture begins to show how reflective the mirrors are... almost liquid. Also, this coin is schizophrenic -- the front is bright red with orange and bluish highlights, whereas the reverse is a dark reddish-brown, with a few red highlights, but covered entirely in blue.

Direct:




Angled glass:




Angled glass, but tilted to show true surfaces:

spinaker2000

Nice pics CP! Just a thought, I use to have some nice old South Africa proof coppers. The older dates like 1923 sometimes had a grayish or silvery tone to them. These were mint darkened pieces, done so to keep from being confused with gold coins of the same period. Just wondering if this could have been done to your pattern piece. The British had been using this procedure since 1895 or so on farthings.

1jester

Gorgeous pieces!

lordmarcovan

Ooh, la la. Those are lovely.

I've always liked them but never had one.

If anybody comes across any less-expensive, circulated business strikes of this era in Liberian coinage, please let me know. I have a friend and local customer who is not only an avid coin collector but a Liberian as well. He shuns modern Liberian coinage and NCLT but would probably buy some 19th century pieces if they were under 30 bucks apiece or so. Not a big-budget guy, but supremely knowledgeable and worldly- I think he speaks seven languages. He was the head Butler for our sister resort for a while and is now in a different part of the company.

theboz11

Wonder coins. Beautiful

coinpictures

<< <i>Ooh, la la. Those are lovely.

I've always liked them but never had one.

If anybody comes across any less-expensive, circulated business strikes of this era in Liberian coinage, please let me know. I have a friend and local customer who is not only an avid coin collector but a Liberian as well. He shuns modern Liberian coinage and NCLT but would probably buy some 19th century pieces if they were under 30 bucks apiece or so. Not a big-budget guy, but supremely knowledgeable and worldly- I think he speaks seven languages. He was the head Butler for our sister resort for a while and is now in a different part of the company. >>



Yeah, these hardly qualify as "less expensive".

I think the $30 figure for mid-19th century pieces may be a bit optimistic, unless he would be content with F-VF pieces. I think most of the pieces in XF or better will exceed that threshold...

lordmarcovan

<< <i>I think the $30 figure for mid-19th century pieces may be a bit optimistic, unless he would be content with F-VF pieces >>

I think he would be thrilled to get F-VF pieces. The few he has are more like AG-G.