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how do you guys take such good pictures of toned coins? I've tried with a digital camera and a scanner and they never turn out nice. any suggestions would help.
nice looking penny captainkurk
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I've tried with a digital camera and a scanner and they never turn out nice. any suggestions would help.
I use a Canon powershot SD1100 IS. I LOVE this camera! It takes coin pictures on a macro setting so easily. It takes amazing video. Overall an awesome camera. |
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I really liked toned coins and I usually will pay more for a nicely toned coin. I hate coins that have been obviously dipped or cleaned to look shiny. Here's a few of mine 1879-S Morgan with toned Obverse  1880-S Morgan toned Reverse  1892 Columbian Commenorative with toned reverse  1945-S Walking Liberty half with tone obverse and reverse   1918 French 2 Franc with toned Obverse and Reverse   |
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does toning happen over a certain number of years or it all depends on where its been/stored.
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There are two types of toning to coins and one is the dreaded artificial toning where people use techniques to artificially induce toning on coins and a lot of the very vivid colored coins are done this way. PCGS and NGC will not grade coins toned this way and they will return them to the submitter ungraded. The other toning is natural and is caused by where and how the coins were stored and occurs usually over a long period of time. It can occur even to coins stored in albums if the albums were made a long time ago. Toning of coins can even be caused by the bank wrappers the coins were stored in right from the mint on coins made a long time ago. The way coins are stored and what they are stored with has a lot to do with naturally toned coins.
People are divided on the beauty of toned coins with some people not liking them and some people paying extra for a pretty naturally toned coin.
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Well said, fyimo. I'll add that unfortunately, there are some AT coins in PCGS and NGC holders, and NT coins rejected by them. They are mostly accurate though, which is partly why some people pay large premiums if the a toned coin is slabbed. And very nice coins, I especially like the Morgan in the OGH. I bet the colors are even more vivid in hand.  |
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Found this roll hunting has a rainbow on it. is this toneing? or is this from a torch or somthing else. looks wierd to me. let me know what you think 2005   |
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It's been a while since I posted here, but here I am. Can't resist these toned coin threads. This is one I picked up just yesterday.  This 1 real coin of Spain, Mexico City mint is doublestruck and rainbow toned. This is one of my favourite coins that I own.  Australian half penny, 1952  US half Dollar, 1898  One of my favourites, Netherlands 1 cent, 1925  And one more  |
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Nice coins, EliteKitty. That Large Cent is really nice, I like the bluish toning. Nice Barber Half, I'm a sucker for almost any American coins.  Quote:
Found this roll hunting has a rainbow on it. is this toneing? or is this from a torch or somthing else. looks wierd to me. let me know what you think
I'll let people more experienced than me chime in, but by the scans it does seem to be NT. But if it looks weird like you said it could easily be AT. If you were to sell the penny on ebay with those scans, I'm pretty sure it would fetch a pretty nice premium. Nice coin either way though. |
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Thanks Wheatguy, I'm not a coin expert either. I've acually learned alot just reading thru some threads. The scan dosent really do the penny justice, it looks really nice in person. I've just never thought anything about toned coins. more of a silver collector but starting to get into coin collecting. What would you think the coin would grade based on these scans.
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Interesting, I would be curious to see how it looks in hand. As for grade, I would suggest you post this in the Modern Coins grading section. I am terrible at grades for Lincoln Memorials and will probably give a grade much different than what it actually grades. A TPG might grade it higher, but I'll say AU-58, as there seems to be a little rub on the coin. |
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To continue on captaincurt's question, If I were to put together 50 toned cents and sell them as a roll, could I make more than face value?
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A friend gave me some coins he collected from circulation years ago and there are several that are toned. Here is one that is fairly nicely toned.  |
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Nice Walker. I usually don't like low or middle grade coins with toning, but that half has a nice orginial look to it and the toning goes along with the wear. Quote:
To continue on captaincurt's question, If I were to put together 50 toned cents and sell them as a roll, could I make more than face value?
It would vary greatly. First, the type of toning the coins would have, and of course, the look of them. If you were to find 50 toned cents from rolls, it would be very difficult, even if you found some coins with grime or verdigris that you considered toning. Eventually, if you found the toned cents you could defenitely sell them for a profit on ebay, but such a goal in my opinion is unrealistic. Nice NT cents are hard to find. |
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Thanks wheatguy. I'm stashing all the nice ones away as of now so maybe I'll do some research later as to what is selling.
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