Easter Egg Toned Coins
I just wanted to share some pretty coins with "Easter egg" style toning - a few 1944 steels! The US Mint made 2 franc coins for Belgium on leftover 1943 steel cent planchets. This is about as close as any of us can ever come to owning a "44 steel. Enjoy and have a Happy Easter, to those who celebrate the holiday! (Wanted to show them from a few different angles; tough sometimes for me with the iPhone camera to do nice toning like this justice; still very nice colors, imho.)
Comments
Big Nub Numismatics
Level 5
The toning is straight from a rainbow, lovely addition to the already interesting coins.
user_9894
Level 4
interesting.
ZanzibarCoins
Level 4
Lovely coins, especially the toning on them.
SpartaCuse
Level 4
Real Nice Toning - Understated, but there - Great !
Longstrider
Level 6
I'm a big fan of toned coins. Those are beautiful. I'm starting to enjoy world coins more and more. Thanks!!
Kepi
Level 6
Love the toning! Very pastel and pretty! Happy Easter and thanks for sharing!
World_Coin_Nut
Level 5
I recently picked up one of these. It seems they are usually found in high grade. I wonder it they didn't circulate much.
CoinLady
Level 6
Nice coins, pics came out good, showing them off. I always liked this particular coin. I found a bunch in a dealer's box years ago.
Conan Barbarian
Level 5
never knew that the us mint made coins for European countries
Pliny The Elder
Level 5
Mike Burn has a blog about the U.S. Mint in San Francisco striking coins for the Philippines you would likely enjoy.
Pliny The Elder
Level 5
Those look great. I hope all the kids find them hidden in the yard okay! Happy Easter, one day early.
"SUN"
Level 6
Thanks for the photos. Nice toning!
The Coin Student
Level 5
Nice coins! I'm blessed that a friend of mine gave me one like these last month. Thanks for sharing, my friend!
Raye_0826
Level 4
Oooh, what lovely toning! Thank you for sharing these beautiful coins with us!!
Mike
Level 7
Thanks for that it's very nice gesture. The coins toning Is beautiful not to heavy. Thanks for taking the time and those great pictures.
user_9073
Level 5
You are right about very nice color and suggestive of Easter Egg toning. Thanks for sharing the pictures.