Was my dealer right?

Comments

• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 27, 2003 6:43AM

  not a cameo. sorry.

  Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  0
• Bear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭

  September 27, 2003 6:45AM

  No cameo there. While it has a faint contrast, no cigar.

  There once was a place called
  Camelot

  0
• Stuart Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 27, 2003 6:45AM

  Ken: Isn't it always pleasant when you (as buyer) feel a that the coin is in BETTER condition and therefore UNDERvalued than the seller does?
  
  That's the fun part of collecting -- different opinions.

  
  Stuart
  
  Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
  
  "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"

  0
• AmericanSilverEagleCoins Posts: 261

  September 27, 2003 7:07AM

  Newbie here!! What makes it not a cameo?

  
  
  I can think of a dozen reasons not to have high capacity magazines, but it's the reasons I haven't thought about that I need them.

  0
• Bear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭

  September 27, 2003 7:11AM

  The depth of frosting on the devices determines if a proof coin
  
  is a Cameo or a Deep Cameo.

  There once was a place called
  Camelot

  0
• ksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭

  September 27, 2003 7:29AM

  For AmericanSilverEagleCoins, here is an example of a Dcam Kennedy I got this week. Can you see the heavily frosted devices and mirrored fields?...Ken
  .
  .
  ...

  0
• ursabear Posts: 1,888

  September 27, 2003 7:34AM

  Ken,
  
  I really like that coin! Quite nice. No CAM, though - it's borderline because the look of the devices, but I don't think it would make CAM.
  
  I like it!

  0
• coinlieutenant Posts: 9,320 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 27, 2003 7:35AM

  Ken,
  
  I would say that the obverse is a CAM, but the reverse doesnt have enough frost in my opinion...
  
  V.r,
  John

  siliconvalleycoins.com

  0
• ksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭

  September 27, 2003 7:39AM

  You guys are right. Both about the coin AND my dealer. Anytime you go through Abbottstown, PA on a weekend, stop by the Abbottstown Coin shop. Vincent Aumen is one of the best....Ken

  0
• AmericanSilverEagleCoins Posts: 261

  September 27, 2003 7:51AM

  Thanks. That's what I thought. What is the technique or reason that some are cameo and some are not? Are cameo's worth more because of the contrast effect? To me the non-cameo looks almost transparent, or lack of definition in the details. Don't get me wrong. The Frankie still looks to be a beauty. I think if one looks carefully at the mirrors on the Frankie you can see a shirt collar from the photographer.

  
  
  I can think of a dozen reasons not to have high capacity magazines, but it's the reasons I haven't thought about that I need them.

  0