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 Posted 11/03/2013  6:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chequer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I prefer the toned coin and strangely enough, my wife, who doesn't collect coins (and finds it amusing when I purchase anything at more than face) prefers the look of toned coins too.
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 Posted 11/03/2013  7:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mdwoods to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Many start out wanting the nice white coins and as they learn about original coins, toning, etc they gravitate towards toned coins. I like a nicely toned coin too though some look great blast white like the Walking Liberty half. It throws off so much luster when's it blast white.
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 Posted 11/06/2013  10:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BuffaloBonehead to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I prefer the overall look of the toned one, though upon closer inspection the white one does appear to have less markings in both the fields and the devices. The white picture is from 2004, though, so it isn't as clear as the toned pictures.
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 Posted 11/08/2013  10:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add matthewvincent to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
For the record:
I really like toned coins as well. However, my example presented itself in 2005 or '06 and I spent a week deliberating. On ebay, if you can believe. Had I not purchased it when I did it was destined to be sold at the Baltimore Show with a week's time. It would have sold in a heart beat.
Also, there is not a collector nor a dealer who has not drooled when viewing it. Several asked me if I were willing to sell. "Sorry, not today."
And yes, BuffaloBonehead, the picture from Heritage does not show the coin at it's best.
The seller's pictures were better. Sadly I did not save them.
No matter what system for grading is devised, it is the taste and preference of a buyer which dictates behavior. And may it always be so.

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