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1864 Major General George Brinton McClellan - Presidential Campaign, DeWitt-GMcC-1864-20, 31mm Diameter, Copper, Plain Edge.
Dies cut by by New York die-sinker George Hampton Lovett who issued these in copper, nickel, white metal, & brass. Although I've seen all other metal types before this is the first copper example. In copper it is also missing on the Lovett Medal & Token web site. Also John Ford through the purchase of Fredrick Boyd's collection obtained from Wayte Raymond along with spending more then 50 years on the brouse floor did not have a copper example either. Fully proof like and weakly struck on the obverse/ reverse centers as usually seen on this variety in all metal types.
Dies cut by by New York die-sinker George Hampton Lovett who issued these in copper, nickel, white metal, & brass. Although I've seen all other metal types before this is the first copper example. In copper it is also missing on the Lovett Medal & Token web site. Also John Ford through the purchase of Fredrick Boyd's collection obtained from Wayte Raymond along with spending more then 50 years on the brouse floor did not have a copper example either. Fully proof like and weakly struck on the obverse/ reverse centers as usually seen on this variety in all metal types.
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<< <i>Darn, I thought the first thread was more educational. >>
...me to...I wonder why it was waxed as I was curious as well?
<< <i>Nice medallion.....and obviously rare.... did you acquire this one? Cheers, RickO >>
Thanks... Yes I purchased it a couple months ago.
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<< <i>Yes, it looks exactly like this in hand. Pretty rare silver toned proof copper. Top Pop 2/0. PR67BN. >>
Gorgeous copper!
<< <i>1864 Major General George Brinton McClellan - Presidential Campaign, DeWitt-GMcC-1864-20, 31mm Diameter, Copper, Plain Edge.
Dies cut by by New York die-sinker George Hampton Lovett who issued these in copper, nickel, white metal, & brass. Although I've seen all other metal types before this is the first copper example. In copper it is also missing on the Lovett Medal & Token web site. Also John Ford through the purchase of Fredrick Boyd's collection obtained from Wayte Raymond along with spending more then 50 years on the brouse floor did not have a copper example either. Fully proof like and weakly struck on the obverse/ reverse centers as usually seen on this variety in all metal types.
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Really nice looking medal and a rarity, too! You did a great job capturing the PL surfaces in the 2nd set of images, did you use axial lighting, or some other technique?
<< <i>I wish I would have kept this one: >>
Beautiful coin. Why didn't you keep it?
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<< <i>I wish I would have kept this one:
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Oh My Goodness! That is soooooo beautiful!
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<< <i>I wish I would have kept this one: >>
Beautiful coin. Why didn't you keep it? >>
Zoins,
Got laid off during the economic crisis around 2008. I had to sell it to put food on the table.
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<< <i>I wish I would have kept this one: >>
Beautiful coin. Why didn't you keep it? >>
Zoins,
Got laid off during the economic crisis around 2008. I had to sell it to put food on the table. >>
Sorry to hear that but glad you made it through. You had the right priorities.
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<< <i>I wish I would have kept this one:
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Oh My Goodness! That is soooooo beautiful! >>
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<< <i>I wish I would have kept this one: >>
Beautiful coin. Why didn't you keep it? >>
Zoins,
Got laid off during the economic crisis around 2008. I had to sell it to put food on the table. >>
I'm with you. I was laid off around that time and sold many coins I wished for since I was a little kid. But I did own them and now they have moved on.
And here is a 100% crop of LIBERTY from the above image:
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<< <i>1954-S BIE Cohen B624. This full-coin image was taken with omnidirectional lighting system and high resolution lens. The intent is to document the features of the coin with maximum fidelity so that die markers, die chip details, etc can be cropped from the image and maintain sufficient quality for descriptive listing.
And here is a 100% crop of LIBERTY from the above image:
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Always a treat to see your photography.
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<< <i>1864 Major General George Brinton McClellan - Presidential Campaign, DeWitt-GMcC-1864-20, 31mm Diameter, Copper, Plain Edge.
Dies cut by by New York die-sinker George Hampton Lovett who issued these in copper, nickel, white metal, & brass. Although I've seen all other metal types before this is the first copper example. In copper it is also missing on the Lovett Medal & Token web site. Also John Ford through the purchase of Fredrick Boyd's collection obtained from Wayte Raymond along with spending more then 50 years on the brouse floor did not have a copper example either. Fully proof like and weakly struck on the obverse/ reverse centers as usually seen on this variety in all metal types.
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Really nice looking medal and a rarity, too! You did a great job capturing the PL surfaces in the 2nd set of images, did you use axial lighting, or some other technique? >>
Thanks Kaz,
This works quite well... PM me for rapid order processing!
Seriously I tilt the token a touch to pick up PL surfaces and then tilt the head on my Kaiser copy stand the same degree so I'm still shooting direct.
It doesn't take a lot of tilt to improve things...
However the problem is that it also doesn't take much tilt to put a portion of the coin out of focus if you don't compensate on adjusting the camera level.
Here's an example of when just the token is tilted and not the camera body.
Here's the second 1925 DDO discovered MS63: