Toned Kennedy

Muddler, you are probably in the majority. It's odd.

Interesting though, it was part of a collection which was purchased by a local shop. There were a bunch of others with the exact same toning pattern, including a bust half and seated half.

Wonder where these guys have been for the last ? years.

Are you being serious?
If you are, feel free to shoot me an email.

Thanks jbuck. I think you are spot on. Double sided tape of some sort, an album filled with sulfer and most likely a warm attic or something.

Petersun, I'm sorry if I sounded rude. I'm not sure if you were asking to buy the coin or if you were just askin the value. As far as value, I don't think it's worth too much. Maybe a few bucks above or below an untoned half of similar grade, depending on the buyers personal taste.

I do think it has nice cameo under all that tone, just kind of hard to tell to what extent.

Pretty interesting coin with the untoned square area on the reverse.

jbuck, do you think thats a possible reason for this toning? interesting to hear your comments as I didnt know what type of folders etc would need some sort of adhesive.

Because the square is so clean, I would guess it was double sticky sided foam or rubber (like that used to attach some auto emblems). Just tape probably would not have contoured so well to the coin. Anyway, the brown toning could also some from wood, cedar for instance. I have some silver that was left on a shelf in a cedar chest that has similar toning (without the square), The face that was against the wood has solid tone and the other face looks like this coin's obverse. Maybe sulfur is a major component in the smell of cedar.