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Copper spots on gold

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
I rail about toned coins, but I find myself liking copper spots on gold.

They literally add a spark of color to a coin. Here's one I got about a year and a half ago. Statue of Liberty $5 gold:
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Pic doesn't do it justice--it's goes from cobalt to magenta.

And the reverse of this week's new 1/4 eagle. I specifically picked this one out of a half-dozen my dealer had because I liked the "burning bush" spot on this one:
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I just realized as I was typing this that they're both 1986 products. Wonder if that's a coincidence or if there were issues with '86 gold?
We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,122 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I find copper spots on gold coins to be a distraction.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Perry, I can understand that point of view. I'm sure I'm in the small minority.

    But I've got multiple examples of each of these pieces. It's kind of neat to see uninterrupted repetitions and then...POW! Flaming orange or cobalt.
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • CiccioCiccio Posts: 1,405
    I would be very upset if those coins were mine.
    But I don't like toned bars/coins and junk silver either.

    Is there anything wrong with me? image
  • gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231
    When stacked and placed in my hand, some of my 1/4s are much more "orangey" than the others.
  • Saintguru had a favorable take on copper spots. It's a quick read. image

    http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=749266&highlight_key=y
  • standforstandfor Posts: 40 ✭✭
    Might be nice if the spot was coloring the eagle eye...
    When I don't collect coins...
    I build high end houses
  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    A lot of my gold in slabs have discolored patches. I do not care for spots/color but it still is just bullion to me.
    Avid collector of GSA's.
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