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I just added this colorful variety to my Washie set.....

DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
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This is my Van Gogh coin. Thanks for looking and comments welcome. :)

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    Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice



    Hoard the keys.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice variety Jon... not sure what environment it encountered to acquire the tarnish... looks .... well.... interesting.... ;) Cheers, RickO

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    +1 and I wondered if the toning happened after it was slabbed :/

    @ricko said:
    Nice variety Jon... not sure what environment it encountered to acquire the tarnish... looks .... well.... interesting.... ;) Cheers, RickO

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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,214 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Super nice, Van Gogh :) variety and color. Looks like another superb piece for your ever growing collection. Nice score, Jon.

    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,969 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like it was in an old display holder for a long time. Nice bullseye obverse, reverse must have been exposed to sulfur for some time. Nice variety and look for a fan of deep toning. Good pickup.

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    Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,916 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great original, non-played with Washington Quarter. Love the reverse too. Yummy!

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
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    TomBTomB Posts: 22,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks as though it spent quite a few years in its original US Mint Set cardboard!

    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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    jtlee321jtlee321 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it!! It reminds me of a '48-S I have.

    How can someone give you a disagree? Talk about low class. I know he get's tired of you posting your newps, so simply don't open the thread!! I enjoy seeing your new coins. Thank you Jon.

    Justin Lee Numismatic Photography



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    KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 18, 2018 3:30PM

    @DIMEMAN said:
    This is my Van Gogh coin. Thanks for looking and comments welcome. :)

    Sorry the colors on your washie are a turn off for me.

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    gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As long as you like it that's what counts.

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    kazkaz Posts: 9,349 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 18, 2018 4:12PM

    I'm guessing that coin shows a lot more color when tilted under the light, or photographed naked with axial light. Are there Truviews available?
    If it actually looks like the images posted, I would think of it as an "Albert Pinkham Ryder" coin .

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jtlee321 said:
    I like it!! It reminds me of a '48-S I have.

    How can someone give you a disagree? Talk about low class. I know he get's tired of you posting your newps, so simply don't open the thread!! I enjoy seeing your new coins. Thank you Jon.

    Jerseycat is a Total Tool.....he also gave Ricko a disagree just for posting.

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @kaz said:
    I'm guessing that coin shows a lot more color when tilted under the light, or photographed naked with axial light. Are there Truviews available?
    If it actually looks like the images posted, I would think of it as an "Albert Pinkham Ryder" coin .

    It looks much better in hand with lots of luster that doesn't show in pic. And no there isn't a TrueView..wish there was.

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    kazkaz Posts: 9,349 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks! that's what I was thinking from the small image around the mintmark. Many coins are like Indigo Buntings, they are drab until the light hits them just right, then... Wow!

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it!
    .....but the ear is still there???

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's nice!

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    CoppercolorCoppercolor Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭

    Great mint set coin. 52S Washingtons are among a few of the most attractive date/mm's in the series

    I'd like my copper well done please!
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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    +1 and I wondered if the toning happened after it was slabbed :/

    @ricko said:
    Nice variety Jon... not sure what environment it encountered to acquire the tarnish... looks .... well.... interesting.... ;) Cheers, RickO

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    PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nice addition good luck

    Pat Vetter,Mercury Dime registry set,1938 Proof set registry,Pat & BJ Coins:724-325-7211


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    TomBTomB Posts: 22,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    +1 and I wondered if the toning happened after it was slabbed :/

    @ricko said:
    Nice variety Jon... not sure what environment it encountered to acquire the tarnish... looks .... well.... interesting.... ;) Cheers, RickO

    I'm pretty darn certain that the coin in question was in a US double mint set from 1952 and sat in the mint set for many years in order to acquire that toning.

    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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