~ Copper 4 The Weekend™ ~

So....who was the real Lady Godiva???

Unfortunately off-center, but a nice even strike for this 13-R R.4 that I recently acquired from the bay of e ...

Just for fun, a recent 1-B acquisition ... which they are now calling a prototype. Stereotypically weak strike. Interesting parallel striations in the planchet ... I assume they are from wood-firing the powder keg copper bands that were melted to make these "Franklin Cents' ;-)

First try with new camera set up and PhotoScape software for Mac

My favorite weekend thread... Great pictures Stef, that setup is super.

Broadstruck.. that '54 bank token is really nice - been thinking about starting a

collection of nautical coins/tokens - Navy background.... Cheers, RickO

nice, i like

Nice Die #2 JRocco! Infinitely harder to find.

As described in R.W. Julian's book on the Medals of the United States Mint, this medal (Julian-CM-5, Betts-617) was engraved by John Reich at the request of Philadelphia merchant Joseph Sansom, to commemorate the American Revolution, and, in particular, the Treaty of Peace signed in 1783. The medals themselves were struck in 1805, with examples seen in bronze (as above) and very rare in silver (as below).





Julian describes the reverse as "An eagle with lightning in his talons, and an olive branch in his beak, descending upon a section of the globe, inscribed UNITED STATES; date 1783 above eagle."

1837 Half Cent of Copper HT-73 NGC MS64BN








I waited many years for the right one of these to come along!

Thanks so very much......I would have missed this beauty if it wasn't for a good friend that pointed it out to me. It is almost fully struck on the obverse head and wings along with the claws. Considerably better than a good deal of them in higher graded slabs.




I think it took me over 8 years of searching!

I wondered where that Sansom medal went. I knew it didn't come to me.

Now I know why.

Very nice pieces everyone!