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Posted 08/17/2017 10:04 pm
One problem we have here is the angled pictures. I can make ANY coin look cleaned with angles.
The toning pattern appears to be to fall within market acceptable allowances based on my "mental picture re-calibrations". HOWEVER, we really need to see better pictures to tell if it's a clean and retone job.....that said....>>
- Does the coin have cartwheel luster? Try to show it if it does.
- Give us pictures straight over the coin.
- Mind your lighting, don't over or under saturate the light.
- Crop the pictures to just the coin.
- Set your lighting to reveal any cartwheels that show (if it has any).
1910 Lincolns can tone beautifully because they sometimes show frosty luster (visible in the fields) similar to matte proofs. This type of surface is conducive to toning (increased surface area). The master hub and all other hubs/dies were very sharp in 1910. Many people find examples and think they're matte proofs due to the square rims and frosty fields.
I can see frosty fields on your coin. That's also the good news to go alone with what I consider is probably market acceptable toning. I think you might have a really amazing coin there - at least MS-64/65RB but we need more and better pictures.
Here's some examples of 1910's from my collection. Notice how you can see frosty fields and cartwheel spokes.
The toning pattern appears to be to fall within market acceptable allowances based on my "mental picture re-calibrations". HOWEVER, we really need to see better pictures to tell if it's a clean and retone job.....that said....>>
- Does the coin have cartwheel luster? Try to show it if it does.
- Give us pictures straight over the coin.
- Mind your lighting, don't over or under saturate the light.
- Crop the pictures to just the coin.
- Set your lighting to reveal any cartwheels that show (if it has any).
1910 Lincolns can tone beautifully because they sometimes show frosty luster (visible in the fields) similar to matte proofs. This type of surface is conducive to toning (increased surface area). The master hub and all other hubs/dies were very sharp in 1910. Many people find examples and think they're matte proofs due to the square rims and frosty fields.
I can see frosty fields on your coin. That's also the good news to go alone with what I consider is probably market acceptable toning. I think you might have a really amazing coin there - at least MS-64/65RB but we need more and better pictures.
Here's some examples of 1910's from my collection. Notice how you can see frosty fields and cartwheel spokes.
Edited by BadThad
08/17/2017 10:05 pm
08/17/2017 10:05 pm
