Odd Toning On MS-64 1935 Dollar

Jake,

Buy the coin not the holder.

You're asking the question so here's my take...

The coin is overgraded by one maybe two grades.

PCGS in the early years (and this is an earlier slab) gave an extra point or two for the toning.

This is why Brian at ICCS is so brutally strict when he grades a toned PCGS coin because he knows this fact.

I gave ICCS a PCGS graded ms65 1934 dime to grade once and he graded it an au58.

Just one thing to watch out for - old PCGS graded Canadian toned coins (almost always overgraded).

Those marks are toning... no different than a dark streak you would see on a 1-cent coin... technically, they do not affect the grade, unless the grade factors in eye-appeal (such as PCGS does).