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rwyarmchrwyarmch Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭✭
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Just received the copper version of British Historical Medal #2185, Reopening of the Royal Exchange, 1844, 73mm.
Here's a comparison with the frosted silver version of the same medal.

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,949 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great looking pair!
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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
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  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I normal prefer coins in silver or gold (or electrum image) but that copper version looks exquisite!
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  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent as always!
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  • rwyarmchrwyarmch Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭✭
    The frosted silver version (placed under glass at issue and virtually flawless) doesn't have the character of the copper/bronze version.
    The detailed engraving by W. Wyon is super on both however!

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  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I desperately need to stop looking at these, or else I'm going to end up collecting medals as well image
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  • IosephusIosephus Posts: 872 ✭✭✭
    Very nice pair!
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I normal prefer coins in silver or gold (or electrum image) but that copper version looks exquisite! >>



    Exact same thing I was thinking (and I mean EXACT!). Almost hurts me to say it, but the copper is simply the better of the two. Huh. Can't believe the aesthetic side of my brain trumped the mouth-breathing metal fiend side image
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  • LochNESSLochNESS Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>I normal prefer coins in silver or gold (or electrum image) but that copper version looks exquisite! >>


    Exact same thing I was thinking (and I mean EXACT!). Almost hurts me to say it, but the copper is simply the better of the two. Huh. Can't believe the aesthetic side of my brain trumped the mouth-breathing metal fiend side image >>


    You guys beat me to it. My first immediate reaction was "wow, never thought I'd say this but I prefer the copper."

    I think it's because the face is more pronounced, and this is due to the shadows on the copper being much stronger. Everything jumps out a little more than its silver counterpart.
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    << <i>

    << <i>I normal prefer coins in silver or gold (or electrum image) but that copper version looks exquisite! >>



    Exact same thing I was thinking (and I mean EXACT!). Almost hurts me to say it, but the copper is simply the better of the two. Huh. Can't believe the aesthetic side of my brain trumped the mouth-breathing metal fiend side image >>



    Agreed. The copper brings a certain depth and warmth to the medal while the silver appears somehow chilly and flat.

    Amazing detail in that design! The engraver was obviously at the peak of his craft.
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