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A little background: This Seated dollar was from ebay last October. It was in a USCG (US Coin Grading) holder and has been cleaned and dipped blast white. This first set was taken 2-3 weeks after I cracked the coin out of the holder and let it sit on my bathroom window sill. I would flip the coin every week to keep balance on both sides.   This is what it looks today (5 months later).   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Much better eye appeal!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think it looks much better now. Good job!
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow that really helps bring out the details. So much more definition. Congrats
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Sorry to disagree! If I was you, I would let it lie. Hopefully after 30 years when I pass it down to my kids, it would look like the later pics here.
Edited by Yinzi50
04/06/2008 8:08 pm
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Yinzi,
But why wait 30 years when you can do it in 5 months when the results are the same ? Besides, this is in no way artificial toning. No chemicals, artificial heat or any type of accelerant was used. Just humidity from the bathroom and heat from sunlight (not much of that during the winter either). Maybe the couple of plants that were nearby may have helped too... but 100% natural.
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United States
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looks alot better being toned very nice coin
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Pillar of the Community
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This is a tough call as to whether this is a worthwhile adventure or not. At first glance, I'd say anything is better than looking a pukish off-white...that over-dipped/cleaned look. No serious collector/dealer will be fooled that it hasn't been cleaned at one point and just retoned. The look the coin has should educate everyone here on what a Cleaned And Retoned coin looks like. This is a poster-child of that look. So, the question is...is this bad? Well, it doesn't have a pasty look anymore but now it has that dirty yellow look to it. If it wasn't such an expensive coin, it might be worthwhile experiment to have it as a pocket piece for 6 months to 1 year to see if you can "restore" an original look. The only real problems with that is that you will lower the grade somewhat and you might damage the coin. I'm actually doing a very similar experiment but with a much cheaper (bullion) coin...a 1921-S Morgan dollar. I have it in an envelope for the past year on my window sill and it's gradually getting a yellow skin. It was also over-dipped/cleaned to give the surfaces a polished look. Now, at least the toning is dulling that somewhat and approaching a slightly more market acceptable look...not that anyone would care because it's just a bullion-type piece. |
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I think my next move is to put in in a brown envelope and let it sit on a sunny ledge for a few months, and maybe, as Prethen suggested, leave it as a pocket piece for a few days to get a more natural look.
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Pillar of the Community
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Store it in a cigar box for a few months. Cigar toning is some of my favorite.
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Pillar of the Community
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Please, keep in mind that if you do this as a pocket piece, you might inadvertently damage it and seriously devalue the coin. Other than that, some people have certainly been pretty succesful with doing this.
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I wonder if a coin were placed in the same type of paper as the rolls they come in if they'd tone in the same way? Usually on the ends of the rolls. Could this be duplicated, maybe using window sill environment to speed up the process?
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Vaslin, how does cigar toning look like?
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Posted 04/06/2008 6:58 pm
