Questions...

[goomolique]

Hello,

i hope i dont annoy you too much with my questions...

ive got three quick ones.

1. Coin on this photo looks very clean, has it been dipped?

2. In one of the old posts someone said that pre 1816 early milled coins are totally different game. Why is it?

3. Someone wrote before the best way to store higher grade coins is in capsules. I got some today. Now how do i store capsules? Any alternatives to trays?

Thanks

[Rob]

Looks cleaned. It is too shiny with a flat tone. In the hand it will probably look bright.

In answer to your other points, pre 1816 milled shouldn't be any different to later coinage in the way you grade it. Just because it is older doesn't mean that it has to be assigned a higher grade for the same level of wear. The main reason for grade inflation is probably the price paid for high grade pieces, but that is just a reflection of their absolute rarity.

The key to storing coins is not to rub the surfaces. i.e. Obviously slabs fulfil this, as do capsules if they have a sprung retainer inside to impede movement. Sat in the bottom of a cabinet will do the same thing if you are careful. Obviously with capsules you will need a deeper tray than without.

Edited June 25, 2013 by Rob

[Peckris]

Hello,

i hope i dont annoy you too much with my questions...

ive got three quick ones.

1. Coin on this photo looks very clean, has it been dipped?

2. In one of the old posts someone said that pre 1816 early milled coins are totally different game. Why is it?

3. Someone wrote before the best way to store higher grade coins is in capsules. I got some today. Now how do i store capsules? Any alternatives to trays?

Thanks

1. It is very shiny - it rather looks as though it may have been lacquered?

2. Yes - pre-1816 are totally different, and are referred to as 'early milled'. They were not (pre-1797 in the case of copper) coined by steam-powered automatic machinery, but using milling techniques that required a certain amount of manual input. As a result, the strikes are often off-centre, and not as perfectly round as they are in the machine age. The difference is all down to the automation of striking coin, and that changed in 1797 for copper, and 1816 for silver. One consequence of this is that varieties are more significant in the machine age, as they are all the result of deliberate activity (though not always intentional); with early milled you see many varieties that are simply the result of hand-punching dies, and many of these are not exciting.

3. Others will advise on storage.