Last Weeks Boxs Finally Arrived

davew0710

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The bank called today, my boxes they "forgot" to order last week showed up. So, I had to hurry over to the bank.
I got 3 good boxes.
Box 1

1 Ben 63D 2 82S Cameo
3 64 1 2002S Cameo
2 66 1 2003S Cameo
1 67 1 2005S Cameo
3 68D
4 69D

Box 2

1 Ben 51
1 64
10 65
1 66
1 67
3 68D

Box 3

1 2009D

Box 4

1 Ben 57D
10 65
1 68D
1 69D

Total of 7-90%, 37-40% and 5 Cameo Proof.
Can't wait until this week boxes come in on Thursday.
 

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twinsrule said:
Whats cameo?

Quote from http://en.mimi.hu/numismatic/cameo.html.

Cameo: A coin that has frosty devices and brilliant fields.

Pretty much a coin that has reflective flat surfaces and a frosted appearance on the non-flat parts of the coin. This is what a cameo coin looks like.
 

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Nice finds man, cameo proofs are fun to get too!
 

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twinsrule said:
Coins4Cheese said:
twinsrule said:
Whats cameo?

Quote from http://en.mimi.hu/numismatic/cameo.html.

Cameo: A coin that has frosty devices and brilliant fields.

Pretty much a coin that has reflective flat surfaces and a frosted appearance on the non-flat parts of the coin. This is what a cameo coin looks like.
So kind of like a proof?

Yes, some modern US proofs are cameo. But back in the day when they made Morgan dollars, some of the business strike ones would have a cameo-appearence if they were struck using fresh dies.
 

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Deep Cameo refers to the difference in contrast between the frosty surface of the portrait, and the mirrored surface of the field around the portrait.

It's not that the coin is struck more times, but rather relates more to the newness of the dies used to strike the coin. When dies are made, the process used gives the figures on the coin a frosty, non-mirrored appearance, while at the same time the fields around the figure get a mirror-like polishing. So when you examine the coin at arm's length, you will see a frosty white figure surrounded by pitch-black fields.

Over time, as more coins are struck with a set of dies, the frostiness wears off of the dies. So while the first coins struck with a new set of dies can be "ultra-deep cameo", over time (as the frostiness wears off the dies) the following coins will degrade to "deep cameo", then "cameo", and finally non-cameo (where the portrait is just as mirrored as the fields).

While the Mint has nowadays prettymuch perfected the method for producing deep cameo proof coins all the time, collectors search for (and will pay more for) strongly cameo'ed older proof coins. Going backward through time, the older the coin, the harder to find a cameo. While cameos are plentiful in coins from the 1980's or newer, they become much more difficult to find in coins older than 1964.

Some of these older deep cameo proofs will command astronomical prices! For example, check out the values for deep cameo proof Franklin Halves from the early 1950's.

You can see them here :
http://pcgs.com/prices/frame.chtml?type=date&filename=franklin_kennedy_half

I hope this helps,
 

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