NEWPS! Lot of four 1979 Egypt One Pound proofs.

terribleredmonster · July 13, 2013 2:31PM

Bought all four to get the IYC/FAO.

25th Anniversary Abbasia Mint

100th Anniversary Bank of Land Reform

National Education Day

International Year of the Child/F.A.O.

As an aside, I think the black stuff on the Abbasia Mint coin is residue from a dip gone wrong. Am I right or is their something else that could do that?

terribleredmonster · July 13, 2013 2:33PM

Also, Bank of Land Reform appears to have some PVC poison on the rim. It's funny what I don't see until I actually post the pics.

LochNESS · July 13, 2013 4:15PM

Well those are definitely proofs! or at least they look like mirror fields from where I'm sitting

I think the black stuff you're talking about - assuming we're talking about the same thing - is contact marks and/or wear. IMO more similar to bag marks and 'scratches' than actual handling. Of course I could be completely wrong.

Unfortunately I think I see the same black marks in every obverse image. On the Bank of Land Reform they're concentrated on the belly and legs of the statue. In the Education scene, they're all over the kids and their desks.
Luckily I only see one tiny black thing (might even be shadow) your beloved IYO, on the rim dentals around 10 o'clock (or maybe 9:30?). The good news is that's the coolest design of all four IMO. Can't say I've ever seen breastfeeding on a coin before

Pretty sweet newps!

Anyone else speculate what causes those black specks?

LochNESS · July 13, 2013 4:24PM

Here's an example of one that I sold a while ago which had some silvery specks ... so not quite black but similar IMO as it resembles missing metal more than anything else. Almost as if there was a lamination error going on. But there wasn't.

BTW I got this slabbed PR64DCAM by our hosts:

LochNESS · July 13, 2013 4:34PM

Here's another example, this one isn't a proof but examine her cheek bone ... to me it looks like the same kind of marks. I don't think a dip has made those.

terribleredmonster · July 13, 2013 4:41PM

We're talking about two different things, here. I'm referring to the black stains at about 1 and 3 o'clock near/on the rim of the Abbasia Mint commem. The various flecks and imperfections you're seeing are frost breaks/weak frost. It seems that in the 25 years the Abbasia Mint had been striking coins they hadn't quite figures out how to get the icy frosting we're used to seeing on so many proofs. Either that, or as I suspect, somebody who owned these before me went a bit dip crazy on them. Regardless, I feel fairly confident that they'd all go CAM, though not necessarily DCAM.

LochNESS · July 13, 2013 5:22PM

Frost break! I like that term. It makes sense and sounds official

Stork · July 14, 2013 4:28AM

Oooh, a new coin I might want.... Is that Isis/Horus? That is one thing about the 1979 Year of the Child coins, there are some breastfeeding coins. I hadn't seen that one yet.

Nice one!

Cathy
edited to add: a rotten picture of my old avatar--can't find the good shot, but it's the Polish and 1971. Edited because I had a brain fart when thinking of the year. Yes, it's FAO, but not the YotC.

terribleredmonster · July 14, 2013 5:29AM

Cathy, I haven't yet been able to find any source material that suggests that either the breast feeder or the breast feedee is any specific god (or not).

That Polish coin is awesome! Somehow I missed that one before. It's on my overall list now for sure!

Stork · July 14, 2013 7:41AM

Edited my response above...I had a brain fart about the year on that one. Sorry I had that one wrong...

And, what can I say, I had some ebay bucks and just bought and uncirculated version of yours

.

Cathy

terribleredmonster · July 14, 2013 10:10AM

That would explain how I missed it. Now I'm torn... Hmmm.... maybe two Polish entries in the collection?

Stork · July 14, 2013 3:12PM

See! That is how that OFEC slippery slope starts

. This more a medal collection, but officially I call it the 'Mommy-Baby' theme, however if there is BF going on, it gets double points. There is no "one" in the One From Every Country...(I guess that was part of the other thread, but fit here too

)

Cathy

LochNESS · July 14, 2013 4:02PM

My favorite part about the medal(?) that Cathy posted is "pröba"

Stork · July 15, 2013 3:52AM

That one is a coin (one of my favs)...THIS one is a medal

:

See, look at you guys, getting me all excited to see my coins and medals again. At this rate I'll be collecting again soon!

Cathy

pmac · July 15, 2013 6:24AM

<< <i>Frost break! I like that term. It makes sense and sounds official

>>

Is that like a thaw?

LochNESS · July 17, 2013 4:06AM

hmm what could we use "thaw" to describe ... milk spotting?!

NEWPS! Lot of four 1979 Egypt One Pound proofs.

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