Favorite 50 cent coins

[robbiegal]

There's lots of excitement about coloured coins (ie the new $2 and so on)
I have had these 2 fifty cent pieces for a while - interestingly the beautiful full toning is only on the one side of each coin!
they are a perfect pair and I love ém
the mint will never create what time does to silver and copper
number 1

number 2

[purplepennyhunter]

ooooohhhhh

[robbiegal]

same guy who I got my captain cooks off (pics posted last week-end)
he keeps an eye out for the coloured coins for me
and he's proving to have a very good eye for it too

not many people collect toned coins, they want them shiny and bright, so I don't have too much competition, unless you're in town!! ha ha

[purplepennyhunter]

Ha, yes!!

[robbiegal]

oh and not forgetting accumulator

he has a very good eye for the pretties too!

[ausjack]

is that toning robbie or pcv damage :scratch_one-s_head:

[robbiegal]

I hope that it's natural toning from something like a fabric

I think if it was PVC it would be dreadfully dark (like smudges or blobs?) on the high points

I think these coins were in a lined case, like the 1966 proof set cases

I have a 1969 50c that has funny blue tones and my coin dealer reckoned it was from the little manilla paper coin packets

Do you like the 50c Jack?

[ausjack]

Oh cool, I'm still learning about toning and PVC damage sorry.

Yeah mate they're cool, I'll try and have another go at taking a pic of mine..I find them as hard to photograph as the wedding sets but all look good

[robbiegal]

this is PVC damage
or how I understand it to look anyways,

[ausjack]

ah ha now I see, shoulder, cheek and crown. thanks robbie really good eg :good:

[trout]

This has to be one of the worst 50 cent designs but it looks a bit better as a silver proof :ok:

[Australian coin]

haha that reminds when a person from the us seen that coin, they were like oh you have a moose on your coins, haha nah its a koala with bird wings, haha why is the bird standing on the wombat?

[robbiegal]

This has to be one of the worst 50 cent designs but it looks a bit better as a silver proof :ok:

really?
I love it
it was the first 50c silver proof that I bought
I do have a soft spot for the children school competition designs
John Serrano - a year 5/6 school student from east Keilor victoria (his school got a $10,000 cheque - not him!)
they are really down to earth and simple

[robbiegal]

coin show again on the week-end here (local small show once per month)
got myself a few more of these beautiful 50c pieces - 2 were almost impossible to get out of the red holder!
they are just beautiful - so here's some piccies of two that I think are just luvly - they are undoubtedly specimen coins  
I did 'resize' the pics but obviously 800 is still pretty big!
number 1


number 2

[robbiegal]

Another local coin show today
I picked up this pretty looking 1975 fifty cents with some light colour
tones


and then of course couldn't pass up this nice 1966 50c