Is The Toning Too Distracting?

No it isn't distracting at all. I would've bought it myself. nCongratulations of an exceptional nickel!

So you're telling me not to crack this one out of the slab huh?

Even if I put it into the Dansco with the shield, in a 1g freezer bag inside the closet? Or would tupperware work better?

I want to be able to display it (even though it would only be the second coin in the album), but if it's going to continue to tone then I'm not interested in that.

One I think I need to make another thread ;) But you're right - the cardboard fibers do tend to dislodge sometimes. I've noticed that with my Jeffersons. I'm not as worried about them though because this coin would be considered the most expensive if it were in that set. However, in the set I'm building this is going to be one of the cheaper ones so I'm not sure (maybe mid range - I haven't priced all the ones out below $500 yet).

Thank you for pointing that out though - I think I shall start another post though as this one could get away from the topic and might not get all the response and views if it were about the album.

Haha OneBowl. I didn't mean it to be mean or anything. The only reason I even brought this up was because I bought this coin for the strike quality. I personally love toning, but I honestly did not care about it one way or the other for this coin. The set that I'm trying to build is one of strike quality (hopefully it will be finished by the time I'm 50!) so toning was just an added bonus (however it might carry some extra monetary value too).

Hopefully I'm not rambling - been up for quite a while.

I have an MS-65 1938-D Buff that's almost as gold as a Presidential dollar...

That 1916 (P) is a beauty!

How long did you have to bake this nickel inside the potato to accomplish such beautiful toning?

Seriously though, this nickel would look great amidst a set of toned, twentieth century type coins in one of those Capital plastic boards.

I'm hoping that it wont look bad amongst other high grade coins if they aren't toned. Because like I said, I was going for strike quality not necessarily the toning. I think I'll be extra happy when I get it in the mail! Plus I think I got it for a great price. That was the first coin I've bought since I've been looking for the past 3 weeks.

Guess we can't all get so lucky :(. I figured I'd let everyone know that it went well for me in hopes that it would for you all too... guess that's not the case.