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Return-Path: <fuldy2000@yahoo.com> X-Sender: fuldy2000@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 15 Dec 2002 14:39:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 10250 invoked from network); 15 Dec 2002 14:39:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 15 Dec 2002 14:39:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n3.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.86) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 15 Dec 2002 14:39:21 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.190] by n3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 15 Dec 2002 14:39:21 -0000 Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:39:17 -0000 To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: Hard-to-believe Condition Coins Message-ID: <ati46l+6iif@eGroups.com> In-Reply-To: <f04310105ba219183ad12@[209.142.215.166]> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Length: 2945 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster From: "George Fuld <fuldy2000@yahoo.com>" <fuldy2000@yahoo.com> X-Originating-IP: 68.55.2.95 X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=75368034 X-Yahoo-Profile: fuldy2000
Dan:
When I talked to the late John Walker about Banks, I was given the impression that she was the collector--she merely got current coins to see what they looked like--not U S only. Sorry don't hav eany other information.
Best of the season,
George
--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, Dan Freidus <freidus@w...> wrote: > I completely agree with George. I've got a question about the BM > though. If I remember correctly, the large bequest you're talking > about was from Sophia Banks. Was she the actual collector or was it > a male relative? (I recall an influential gnet named Banks but can't > remember what connection he may have had to Sophia) > > Dan Freidus > > At 1:47 AM +0000 12/15/02, George Fuld <fuldy2000@y... wrote: > >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 > > > > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > >colonial-coins-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > ><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service.
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