[e-gold-list] Re: The color of platinum

2002-05-06 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
5/6/2002 2:55:31 AM, G. Adam Stanislav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I have a platinum image, but again, I have never seen platinum in real life, so someone who has, please tell me if I got the color/finish right, so I can submit it: http://www.goldcowboy.com/temp/platinum.jpg Thanks, Adam

[e-gold-list] Re: The color of platinum

2002-05-06 Thread James M. Ray
On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 09:22 AM, Patrick Chkoreff wrote: ... Platinum coins are much more shiny and lustrous than your picture shows. ... One Oz. Platinum Eagles have both mirror-shiny and satin finishes on them, and they are widely considered one of the most beautiful US coins ever

[e-gold-list] Re: The color of platinum

2002-05-06 Thread Jay W.
Platinum coins are much more shiny and lustrous than your picture shows. some people aren't aware that google lets you search images: http://images.google.com/ if you enter platinum coin in the search box you'll see lots of eagles and other platinum coins. fwiw, i'd agree with jray, the

[e-gold-list] Re: The color of platinum

2002-05-06 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
5/6/2002 11:07:34 AM, James M. Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that aside from gold and copper (that I can think of anyway) most metals are probably best described as 'silvery.' Hmm. And both gold and copper are known to occasionally appear in pure or almost-pure form naturally,

[e-gold-list] Re: The color of platinum

2002-05-06 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
5/6/2002 2:55:31 AM, G. Adam Stanislav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I have a platinum image, but again, I have never seen platinum in real life, so someone who has, please tell me if I got the color/finish right, so I can submit it: http://www.goldcowboy.com/temp/platinum.jpg Thanks, Adam