1843 New Brunswick Token

newbiecollector

I know it is a bit rough but it seems to have "character" to me.
After saying that I am thinking of a short olive oil soak, what do you think?

Blackhawk

Olive oil would be OK, or you could try Blue Ribbon coin conditioner (if you can find it) and a Q-tip. It takes gunk of copper quickly and I haven't had any problem with the stuff changing the color of copper.

newbiecollector

I do not think I can get that here and not sure if I should do anything to it actually.

Thanks for the tip anyway

JoesMaName

If you could halt/neutralize the green, you'd be doing Vicky a favor.
Though I agree that aggressive preservation would remove the character and leave a boring, worn, cleaned looking coin.

newbiecollector

There is actually very little green on the coin. My photo did not come out too good.......color wise anyway

lordmarcovan

It actually does have "character", in that the darker areas accentuate the higher, more rubbed areas to give it a light "CircCam" contrast.

The green would have to go, but if you say it is not as prominent in hand, that's good.

These tokens are very affordable for their coolness factor. I remember buying my first one for three bucks, when I was a teenager. I suspect the values have not gone up terribly since. They had an extra appeal for me, being from New Brunswick, as I live in Brunswick, Georgia.

I would love to see a Red UNC version of one of these one day. Not own- I doubt I could afford a full Red one. But I would love to see the finest known.

Daltonista

Here are a few pretty nice specimens from Heritage.

lordmarcovan

Some of those proofs on the Heritage page look tasty. I was trying to remember if there had been proof strikings of this type or not.

newbiecollector

Is this a circ cam?

lordmarcovan

Textbook CircCam.

The best have even darker toning in the toned areas, and thereby even better contrast, but that one is CircCam all day long.

newbiecollector

I have a 1/d around here somewhere LM........1843 I think and in better shape.
If I find it I will photo and post it

rwyarmch

For New Brunswick and ship collectors.

newbiecollector

That is a beauty and one I have now seen before. I thought all had a date on them.

I am not a true collector of these but happen to have a couple or 3

rwyarmch

Sorry if I misled. That's not a double reverse token but images taken under different lighting
to show the token's color. Here's a headon of the token complete with date.

newbiecollector

Great coin!