Posted 10/19/2016 9:31 pm
Almost every single one of those looks AT.
When done to a high standard, AT cannot be (chemically) distinguished from NT, so more than likely the coins are being AT and then slabbed. PCGS, NGC, et al. cannot distinguish AT from NT in a lot of cases unless it is blatantly obvious, in which case the coins usually come back Environmental Damage or Questionable Color or just Genuine Not Gradable.
The raw Morgans & Ikes he lists are 100% AT, I'd bet my farm on it, if I had a farm. I don't see anything wrong with the brown box Ikes (they really do tone that way) or the PCGS slabbed lightly toned coins, but those purple/pink/orange monstrosities are pure imitation.
Some of the other coins in PCGS, NGC, and ANACS slabs appear to be naturally toned, but have almost certainly had the colors monkeyed with to "juice" the photos.
Compare the color of the PCGS labels on the following listings:
272416338269
282219882744
Those are same-gen PCGS holders, yet the labels are completely different shades of blue -- the second coin (the ugly, cheap Peace MS63) is way bright on the coin photo and off-balance while having a very dark, dimly lit label, but the "rainbow" 1884-O Morgan is much brighter on the label, yet measurably darker on the coin photo. Unless seller is using different lighting and camera for every photo, the wild variances in label colors for same-gen holders is a MAJOR red flag that some Photoshop hackery is afoot.
Looks like he got a little carried away here:
282220077665
You can see where the label photo got affected by the perspective lighting being done to the coin photo directly below it.
I wouldn't buy anything from this guy raw, and I'd only buy the slabs if the coins weren't toned. There's a reason none of these have TrueView and that every single raw coin is toned in almost the exact same colors (orange, pink, purple, and red...)
When done to a high standard, AT cannot be (chemically) distinguished from NT, so more than likely the coins are being AT and then slabbed. PCGS, NGC, et al. cannot distinguish AT from NT in a lot of cases unless it is blatantly obvious, in which case the coins usually come back Environmental Damage or Questionable Color or just Genuine Not Gradable.
The raw Morgans & Ikes he lists are 100% AT, I'd bet my farm on it, if I had a farm. I don't see anything wrong with the brown box Ikes (they really do tone that way) or the PCGS slabbed lightly toned coins, but those purple/pink/orange monstrosities are pure imitation.
Some of the other coins in PCGS, NGC, and ANACS slabs appear to be naturally toned, but have almost certainly had the colors monkeyed with to "juice" the photos.
Compare the color of the PCGS labels on the following listings:
272416338269
282219882744
Those are same-gen PCGS holders, yet the labels are completely different shades of blue -- the second coin (the ugly, cheap Peace MS63) is way bright on the coin photo and off-balance while having a very dark, dimly lit label, but the "rainbow" 1884-O Morgan is much brighter on the label, yet measurably darker on the coin photo. Unless seller is using different lighting and camera for every photo, the wild variances in label colors for same-gen holders is a MAJOR red flag that some Photoshop hackery is afoot.
Looks like he got a little carried away here:
282220077665
You can see where the label photo got affected by the perspective lighting being done to the coin photo directly below it.
I wouldn't buy anything from this guy raw, and I'd only buy the slabs if the coins weren't toned. There's a reason none of these have TrueView and that every single raw coin is toned in almost the exact same colors (orange, pink, purple, and red...)
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Edited by paralyse
10/19/2016 9:32 pm
10/19/2016 9:32 pm
