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- From fuldy2000@yahoo.com Sat Dec 14 17:47:02 2002
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Hi folks:
It is not hard to believe 18th century coins retain full luster. At the British Museum which I checked in 1960, they had a wreath 1793 cent in about 80% full red. They also had a lustrous 1794 dollar that was just sturck so it appeared. These were housed in coin cabinets for eons, having been given to the BM about 1808 from a lady collector. -
So they can retain color if given good care.
George Fuld
-- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "colonialcoinunion <jagre@a...>" <jagre@a...> wrote: > A dealer I work with (a well known outfit) showed me a number of English > coins and one or two Amercian colonials from the 1796 - 1806 era that they > recently purchased in a European auction. > > The coins were sold having been individually housed, apparently, in round, > single coin sized metal containers since the day they were struck. I saw the > metal containers - I have no reason to dispute the story. > > The coins are pristine, lustrous and superb to the point of being simply > unbelievable. Even ridiculous. No trace of darkening around the devices, not > even the slightest mellowing, etc. > > And so, as I am not all that experienced, and would have assumed > automatically, that any coin from that era in that condition must be cleaned, > colored, dipped, etc. I ask the experts among us: > > Is anybody familiar with the sale I'm describing? > > Has anybody seen coins of this era that have been housed in such > containers? > > Is it possible that coins stored in such a way could have survived with their as- > struck brilliance 100% (maybe 105%) intact? > > I am not considering buying these coins (in fact, I think they are already sold) > I'm just interested in any feedback / opinions, etc. > > Thanks, > > John Agre
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