Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/French écu in silver (1784) and gold (1641)

French écu in silver (1784) and gold (1641)
Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2015  at 18:07:16 (UTC)
 * Reason:High quality, high EV. Kingdom of France, silver and gold écu
 * Original:Kingdom of France, pair of écu in silver (1784) and gold (1641)
 * Articles in which these images appear: Écu
 * FP category for this image:Currency
 * Creator: Kingdom of France From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History


 * Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 18:07, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support, quite wish they could be a bit more shiny. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:45, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support, but I do think the silver ecu appears a bit oversharpened. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:39, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Chris- Interesting... I've never sharpened any coin image in processing so I wonder if it happened during shooting (or if someone else was in the raw file before me)?--Godot13 (talk) 01:06, 3 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Why does the gold have spots of red? And I don't recall silver forming iridescent oxide layers. Any particular reasons why this one has it? Nergaal (talk) 04:28, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * It is fairly common for silver and gold coins to develop toning over time (unless they have been kept in an air-tight environment or they have been cleaned). Both coins are well over 200 and 300 years old respectively and are in extremely good condition for their age.--Godot13 (talk) 05:27, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I knew some metals get the rainbow iridescence but never realized silver does it to. However, I really don't understand how does gold get "toned". You need reaaaaly special conditions to get it to oxidize. I am not doubting the coin quality, I am just worried about staining by some external layer/substance. Also of curiosity, what sort of grading would these get based on how old they are? Nergaal (talk) 06:36, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Silver écu – technically AU (Almost Uncirculated) but given the eye appeal it could be graded as mint state. Gold écu – fully struck AU (and its existence for 374 years might partially qualify as a "special condition").--Godot13 (talk) 18:34, 3 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Support – Yann (talk) 21:52, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support – Jobas (talk) 20:31, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:08, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support -- DreamSparrow  Chat   14:10, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 18:07, 12 October 2015 (UTC) --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:07, 12 October 2015 (UTC)