Artifical Frost????????

TonedPeaceNut · April 7, 2005 4:43PM

What do you think???

TPN

F117ASR · April 7, 2005 4:56PM

It sure looks weird. Either that or maybe the plastic melted on the coin? I don't think it can be a bad dip because it is not on the fields, or is it? Hard to tell for me with the pics.

F117ASR · April 7, 2005 4:58PM

Now that I have thought about it more it does seem like artificial frost because some of the lettering on the reverse is not frosty. I don't think it would be easy to frost the letters

magikbilly · April 7, 2005 5:15PM

I agree - either fake frost alltogether or perhaps a semi-frosted Proof that has been "thumbed" with some substance or other to "help it along" - some of the frosting appears reasonalbe and some of the lettering on the reverse appears to be a bit frosty but it is so hard to tell from scans. Russ sure can though!

Best,
Billy

fin · April 7, 2005 5:28PM

looks photoshop to me, you can dodge it out, to make contrast.

i helped these pics out there

fin · April 7, 2005 5:32PM

this is what photoshop can do

coinguy1 · April 7, 2005 9:18PM

Or perhaps PVC?

MadMarty · April 7, 2005 9:20PM

PM Russ with the cert # if you know it and he can tell you if it's in the bunch of AF coins.

dorkkarl · April 7, 2005 10:09PM

either artificial frost, or the ghost of kennedy still lives!

K S

TonedPeaceNut · April 8, 2005 1:02AM

<< <i>PM Russ with the cert # if you know it and he can tell you if it's in the bunch of AF coins. >>

This coin is in an older green holder. Its not in the same bunch that Russ discovered.

As for PVC -- maybe, hard to tell from the pics though.

Anybody see the resident AF expert? -- oh Russ??

TPN

xbob · April 8, 2005 1:34AM

I've read that auto body repair paste can be used to artificially frost (in Scott Traver's Book). Perhaps this example is what it ends up looking like? Definitely not normal.

Russ · April 8, 2005 2:25AM

I have that, (it's part of a group of two), on my track and bid list. If it doesn't go too high I was planning on buying it. I think it is artificially frosted, but it appears to be a different method than the others I've encountered. I'd like to see it in-hand to make a determination.

Russ, NCNE

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