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Valued Member
United States
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This is a toned Morgan that I picked up a while back that is a little different looking:  Not a beautiful toner (although it is a little prettier than the picture shows) but I thought it was rather interesting looking one so I had to buy it.  And here is the holder that it was in (not my holder but I got the pic off the person I bought the coin from):  Has anyone else ever seen any like it? The guy I bought it from had a few of them from the set but I had never seen one like them before. |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Oh, and the obverse is totally white. Edited to add Pic of both sides that I just found:  Edited by Stujoe
05/24/2005 9:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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It looks to me as if the plastic strip of the holder kept part of the coin away from air and the rest of the coined toned with contact it's to air.
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Forum Mom
 United States
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Very cool looking!  |
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Valued Member
United States
138 Posts |
Very cool. I've seen early silver commems with similiar toning, as some of them came with cardboard holders with "strips" like that holder you showed us.
Nick
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Rest in Peace
United States
2884 Posts |
Does that kind of uneven toning hurt the value of the coin? Mike
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Valued Member
United States
421 Posts |
Dunno. I never worry too much about values. The only thing I worry about is whether it is cheap enough that I can afford it.  I would have a hard time telling you how much I paid as I don't usually remember such things. The toning probably doesn't hurt the value as much as the beat up obverse. |
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Valued Member
United States
458 Posts |
What is that stripe on the plastic coin holder? It is hard to tell from the pics. Is it a flaw in the plastic? or some paper obstruction? Do you believe this happened naturally or was done on purpose? Interesting find, first one I've seen with this type tone--
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This type of toning is natural, just a bit strange to see. There were many early holders that had strips built in. The purpose was to insure that the coin would stay inside. People knew that coins sliding around weren't good, but never considered that coins would tone with stripes.
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Valued Member
Netherlands
309 Posts |
If you put coins in a holder like shown above, and put them for a longer time in a vitrine or window as sample you can get this cind of coloring.
Carl
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Valued Member
United States
421 Posts |
You can pretty much do that with any kind of holder that tends to tone coins in order to acelerate the toning. No guarentees that it will turn out nice, though.
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Posted 05/24/2005 9:55 pm
