From A Toned To A Blast White Morgan-Happen To You?

I would tell him you want the coin that was shown in the listing, and not the obvious switch. And, pursue a serious "not as represented" claim. Those are nowhere near the same coins.

wrong pic or not, he should make good on it. who's to say that he isn't using the toned coin to sell a bunch of other coins for a premium?

I see no evidence whatsoever that these are two different coins, and plenty of evidence that they are the same one. In addition to Darth's observation, note the area around the 4th right star and the ding next to the "C" in "AMERICA.".

This is how much differing photographic styles can change the appearance of a coin.

The first images, from the seller, are lit with direct light of one color temperature and ambient room lighting of a second color temperature, and shot with a camera that has pretty good color correction - it accurately represented the differing light sources. No conclusion can be made as to the actual color of the coin from these images for that reason.

In a world where coins are sold via photos, it behooves one to learn about coin photography. The seller misrepresented nothing; in fact, the photos are pretty clear for their small size and present accurate information for strict grading, which is color-blind.

I do not say this to be accusative, Sidekick-CA, because there's no doubt of your good heart or sincerity around here, but this one's on you. All that said, it's a pretty nice coin, and if you got it for 64 money or less, well worth owning.

I think they are different coins. Look at the size ratio between the "1" and "9" in the date, either the second photo has distorted the proportion or the two coins are very different.

I think it's a lighting effect also. I don't think it was toned to begin with.

Thanks for all your feedback and after reading it, I have to conclude that it's the same coin. The chatter in the left and right fields on the obverse seem identical looking at the coin in hand and on the reverse, the mark is identical in the left field between the wing and wreath at about 9 oclock. Yes "grading" is color blind, I agree and this coin holds up in that regard. It's disappointing though when I think it's toned and it arrives blast white. But it does have very nice eye appeal with quite a bit of luster and I paid less than MS63 money for it so I'm going to keep it. The seller's pix did do a good job of showing the detail and perhaps that was his main focus; not the color. Was he being intentionally misleading by posting that particular photo which made the coin appear to be toned? I don't know but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he was assuming we all have the skills to tell the difference between ambient color and actual color of the coin. I'll have to work on that AND learn to pay more attention to the seller's item description. It didn't mention toning. One other thing in his favor I believe is the generous return policy, even offering to pay for all the postage which I've never seen offered before. Oh well, onward and upward. I've got a nice looking Morgan which fills a hole. Just not toned as I had hoped.

specksynder, that is an impressive photo overlay. Thank you for clearing the perspective issue up.