Like a little Green with your Bust Halfs?

UtahCoin

The obverse marks are on the slab, not the coin.

Tvac897

Oxidation on those right?

adamlaneus

Putty!


[edit] oh sorry. A mistype.

Pretty!

speety

A thought I was gonna see a coffee bean




Purty bust half

thisnamztaken

I was expecting some beautiful verdigris.

JungleFever

<< <i>Putty! [edit] oh sorry. A mistype. Pretty! >>



OK.....what exactly does 'putty' mean. Can't find it in my coin books, but I read it frequently here.


Thanks

adamlaneus

"Puttying" is something done to gold coins. It's a foreign substance that is designed to hide small blemishes. Apparently, it is done mostly on very high end coins to make them look a grade or two higher, getting much more money. But the substance is not terribly stable and it usually turns into a yellow-green or whitish haze in a few years.

At least that is the theory. I'm not a professional in this field. I repeat only what i've learned here on this forum.

And I don't think a similar technique is used on silver coins, so it was an absurd comment to begin with.

The odd greenish color just made the words jump out.


To reiterate; it does look like a very PRETTY coin to me!

scoobydeux

Love it! AU 53 I'd say...