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1909 PCGS PR66CAM 25c (Just another really ugly Barber)
oldcameoproofsguy
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This hasn't been an easy coin to capture, but after a lot of messing with lighting, I finally have a worthy "sight seen" image. I took this with GE Reveal lighting with the white balance set manually and bracketed. OTT lighting didn't work and neither did sunlight on this coin.
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Could you tell us about how much you paid fo it, either specifically or generally? (My apologies to anyone who thinks this might be a rude question but it is also educational and we're all here for that, eh?)
<< <i>(Just another really ugly Barber) >>
You got that right!
Wow! That coin really is spectacular--absolutely beautiful! Looks like a Pinnacle coin... is it?
Jeremy
BTW, very nice pic!
Great coin!
<< <i>(Just another really ugly Barber) >>
Oh, yeah. Suuure. It's totally hideous.
let me guess youpaid 4250 to 5250 for this coin somewhere in the middle of this range i would guesstimate
michael
also looks cameo to me
<< <i>Gorgeous coin. Great photography. How long did it take you to get the final product? (It can take me at least an hour to produce an image.) >>
Thanks Adrian! You should see all the dead images of this coin. I have a hard drive filled with them.
Now that I have this camera a little more dialed in it takes me a little less time to get a shot right. It still does take over an hour per coin though.
This coin was shot from a tripod with 100 ISO, f10 and shutter speed 1/4 second. One thing that saves me a ton of time is that the downloaded images have exposure information that is included with the photo. This means that I can choose an obverse and reverse image with the same exposure and not have to guess whether they are right together or not. That used to burn a ton of time having to compare images to get two that were close.
<< <i>Could you tell us about how much you paid fo it, either specifically or generally? (My apologies to anyone who thinks this might be a rude question but it is also educational and we're all here for that, eh?) >>
The coin was $3250 from Pinnacle. I can tell you guys that because I purchased it directly from their web site listings. If I was a want list customer it would still be a mystery. I think that the coin was a pretty good deal.
Here was Pinnacle's image on their website.
I know that Pinnacle in the interest of time has to image coins in a hurry. I think that they added a little bit of contrast to the image to try and give some idea of the color of the coin. It is a little darker sight seen.
and save you the embarrassment. Just kidding, lovely toner.
Camelot
<< <i>(Just another really ugly Barber) >>
My thoughts exactly. You need to discard that toxic waste imediately. Send it to me for proper disposal.
<< <i>It is a lovely coin. How pronounced is the cam? >>
Thanks, the cameo is CAM on the obverse and CAM on the reverse. It's unusual to see the reverse not be CAM+ to DCAM. Many of the post 1900 Barber quarters are like that, with very little cameo on the obverse but super strong cameos on the reverse.
I love that coin!! And I'm really starting to fall for the cameos of days gone by.
I gotta resubmit my 1911. No offense but if that went Cam, mine has to.
Great catch!!!
Michael
adrian
Barber (silver) and seated coinage seems to develop the deep wild blues more than any other silver coinage. Might anyone know a reason for that, or am I just imagining it? Yes, I know it occurs on other coins in other series, but that type of patination appears to be most common in those series. Any comments on common methods of storage, alloy mixtures or other features?
Hoot
<< <i>Barber (silver) and seated coinage seems to develop the deep wild blues more than any other silver coinage. Might anyone know a reason for that, or am I just imagining it? Yes, I know it occurs on other coins in other series, but that type of patination appears to be most common in those series. Any comments on common methods of storage, alloy mixtures or other features? >>
On pg 138 of The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfiet Detection from the PCGS, it says that the proof papers for Barber coinage had a great deal of sulfer in them. If a coin sat in its proof papers undisturbed for many years a deep colorful patina would result.