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Ohhh, very pretty! I like too seve those out of my wheaties, too.
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Valued Member
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Phew, looks like I'm not the only one! :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wager that they went through the washing machine.
Nifty though on a wheat.
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Pillar of the Community
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I find that taking photos of toners at a slight angle helps bring out the coloring. Natural lighting seems to work better as well. If you do a little research here on CCF you will find an entire thread devoted to these beauties. I am working on a toned memorial set.
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A washing machine would do that? I recently went through a couple jars of wheaties that have been sitting unopened for roughly 50 years. My dad worked at a bank, and saved every single one he saw, still does to this day. I noticed a trend in the toned coins that I found, the majority of them are in (or close to, I'm no expert!) AU condition and are from the 50's. Could they have made them from a different metal composition during the 50's? I have a handful of good condition coins from the 40's and 60's that were in the same jars, but didn't take on toning.
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Also, thanks for the tip Seal006, I'll checkout the photography section more in depth. I was thinking about starting a toned wheatie set, good luck on the memorials! I myself have almost no memorials, just lots, and lots of wheaties.
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Pillar of the Community
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I should be more specific: I have seen laundry deterget cause similar toning on pennies in the washing machine. If that cent went through the wash when red, that could explain the toning.
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Plausible. I have washed cents before and have seen them come out with some very interesting colour combinations.
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Pillar of the Community
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You don't want to put any uncirculated coins in the washing machine. It will clean them just as if you used copper polish. The reason the cents turn this color in a sealed jar is from the moisture trapped inside when the lid was screwed on. So, if you want your cents to look like this store them in a jar for several months. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's a natual, copper color....one of my favorites.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have plenty of Unc wheats with that toning and some even deeper purple, and clearly not ones that went through the wash.
Very nice coin. Like Thad, that is my favorite toning on a penny.
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If what Gyrene7483 said is true about the jars, that is most likely the case. These coins have been in a jar unopened for at least 40 if not 50 years. The majority of them were acquired from the bank when they were still shiny and immediately jarred so I doubt they went through a wash as most weren't used in circulation much. The picture doesn't do much justice as to how beautiful this coin is in the natural light. It's more blue than it is purple, the back appears almost 100% blue.
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Blue or purple toning are my favorite colors on coins. I'm sure these wheat cents look great.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Here's one that blue at one angle and green at another.   |
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Posted 10/20/2012 5:35 pm
