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Bedrock of the Community
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I've looked at a few hundred of these over the past years and never seen one with full coin iridescent toning in a slab. They tend to tone golden to olives and obsidian blacks, with occasional coppery red tones. When they do go "rainbow", the color toning is almost always peripheral or target-toned. I'm sure fully rainbow-toned examples in slabs do exist but they are probably very scarce and extremely expensive. There are a few slabbed dimes and Half Dimes with almost full or full rainbow toning, and they reside in the price range of coins from the Simpson toner sets. Very pretty, but paying $3k for a Half Dime is a stretch for me. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse
11/12/2015 9:08 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Toning aside, I think it is in the 40-45 range.
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Pillar of the Community
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Waste of money to get it slabbed IMHO.
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Bedrock of the Community
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May squeek out XF45. I agree with the color
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Agreed, questionable color. Purple hues give you the blues...
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Pillar of the Community
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not a rare date...EF details grade...save your $$$
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Pillar of the Community
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yup, EF40 Details, AT. It won't come back in a righteous slab.
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Pillar of the Community
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XF details: Questionable color
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Pillar of the Community
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EF45 questionable color from me too.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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The "artificial" in AT does not refer to the nature of the toning itself, but rather to the method by which it is induced.
Natural toning occurs over a matter of years or even decades; artificial toning is induced in a matter of minutes or even seconds. Part of the value of natural toning is an appreciation of the time that the coin had to be stored to acquire that toning.
In addition, artificial toning nearly never manages to replicate the unique patterns seen in naturally-toned coins; much like a chemical dip, AT affects the entire surface of the coin, not just certain areas.
This to me is why AT is a strike on submission - it presents the coin with surfaces that in a condition which could not possibly have occurred naturally over time. If they allowed AT, they might as well allow dipping to remove toning. Either one is an UNNATURAL alteration of existing surfaces.
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Posted 11/12/2015 9:18 pm
