What do I have here?

[Tony Cooper]

What is the coin in this image:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f244/cooper213/Painted.jpg

It's a painting, apparently oil, on some sort of coin. I'm not even
sure it's a coin; it could be a token. It seems like it is silver,
and has become tarnished in the holder. The scene looks to me like a
Central or South American dwelling. I've copied the words in case
they are not legible in the photo.

I haven't removed it from the plastic holder because I don't want to
take a chance on causing damage it at this point.

Is there a term for this type of painting on coins?

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Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

[Tony Cooper]

I should have mentioned that I have seen painted coins where the
figure on the coin has been painted. However, this is a painting *on*
a coin rather than, say, Ben Franklin in color.

[John D.]

Hi Tony, maybe this guy will know, click on international coins then where
it says 'write to me", maybe he can be of assistance. I didn't see the coin
you have listed on his pages.

http://paintedcoins.com/

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[UseNet]

Ecuador 1 sucre coin, dont have my references here so I cant tell you the
year.

[Markn]

Yes, Ecuador 1 sucre, 19th century some time, here's another one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ECUADOR-1884-1-SUCRE-VF_W0QQitemZ320080713040QQcmdZViewItem

[Roger Hunt]

In article <av4ht2hb2ku27obsu...@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper
<tony_co...@earthlink.net> writes

>What is the coin in this image:
>http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f244/cooper213/Painted.jpg
>
>It's a painting, apparently oil, on some sort of coin. I'm not even
>sure it's a coin; it could be a token. It seems like it is silver,
>and has become tarnished in the holder. The scene looks to me like a
>Central or South American dwelling. I've copied the words in case
>they are not legible in the photo.
>

I think yours is one of these :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ECUADOR-1884-1-SUCRE-VF_W0QQitemZ320080713040QQcmdZV
iewItem
or
http://tinyurl.com/2rfooc
It would seem to be an Ecuador One Sucre struck by the Heaton mint.
Several other mints appear to have struck this value too.

>I haven't removed it from the plastic holder because I don't want to
>take a chance on causing damage it at this point.
>

Looking at the signature on the oil ... Is it Moncayo perhaps?
Perhaps there is something here :
http://www.moncayo-art.com/
(... fine paintings created by the talented Moncayo families of artists
from Ecuador, South America.)

Perhaps I got the spelling wrong and it is of no help at all, but it is
very interesting searching.

Good luck with it!
--
Roger Hunt

[Tony Cooper]

Thanks to all. Yes, it is an Ecuadorean coin, and, yes, it is a
painting by Hector Moncayo. (Can't verify that it's genuine, but the
Moncayos do paint miniatures.) Web-checked all.

I guess I should have checked the artist's name, but I didn't think of
it. At least I wasn't far off thinking that it was a Central or South
American scene.

[Padraic Brown]

For what it's worth, the coin is is "0.900" silver, not "006.0"; and
it is also "25 grams", not "0.25 grams"!

Padraic

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[Tony Cooper]

Depends on your view <g>

and
>it is also "25 grams", not "0.25 grams"!

The coin is marked "Gram. 25"

Just shows you how much I know about Ecuadorean coins and how to read
them. I wasn't even sure it was an actual coin.

[Roger Hunt]

In article <ogrjt2tmkm6diov13...@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper

It was a coin of trusted weight and fineness and I strongly suspect
widely used in South America. Slightly lighter than the Morgan Dollar
but same composition and also minted in several places - Lima,
Birmingham and one US mint name forgotten, (let alone the locations that
I almost certainly overlooked). Obviously a popular coin.
Perhaps it was the Nineteenth Century equivalent of a Piece of Eight?
--
Roger Hunt