What storage method caused this toning?
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As I've never seen another Vancouver with this kind of toning progression.
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nice!
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I have know idea ... but I really like it!
Have you seen other types of coins with "this kind of toning progression"?
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Very pretty. And I belong to the Ricko fan club.
None come to mind as I type this.
That looks as if it had a dip in copper sulfate, then stored in a humid, warm environment. Either that or a soiled diaper....
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This is nothing but a guess, but maybe cellophane? Wrinkles in the plastic film could account for the wavy nature of the toning.
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I’ve seen similar obverse color bands on the obverse of Morgan’s
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Are we suspecting AT here?
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it may have been stored in tissue paper inside of a small, manila envelope.
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Though more colorful than average, it does not look out of line with toning I would expect on a Vancouver.
That was the closest association that came to mind for me, as well.
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Ammo box under a Joshua tree in the Mojave Desert for several years.
I like the reverse more than the obverse. The obverse doesn’t look natural to me but again that’s just me. It may look different and more natural in hand.
When it looks like an oil slick that speaks to chemical aids to me but I am way more skeptical than the average toning fan
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Do you see the three 'bubbles' in the left facing field, in front of the portrait, and also smaller ones in the right facing field? When you see this type of non-uniformity, in the surface color, it tells me that it is not natural and that someone played with it.
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They can do all kinds of things with toning these days. Has it any provenance? Or was it only recently, ahem, discovered?
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I actually had that "oily" look with some walkers I had in an ammo can for a couple of decades.....I forgot all about them in a move. Unfortunately mine also had some sore of PVC type residue on them. The can had auto parts, nuts and bolts, etc before it was a walker box.
Mine would never have graded but some were pretty and nice, sans PVC crap.
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I agree that the obv bubble shaped spots kinda look like air bubbles interfered with a chemical? coming into contact with the surface during exposure. IMO. Peace Roy
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What if someone sneezed on the coin before it toned?
Yup, mucous would also do the trick. Peace Roy
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While the obverse color pattern may be somewhat distinctive, the color palette and the chromium luster are very characteristic of originally toned Vancouvers.
The coin has been slabbed by PCGS at least three times. It currently resides in an MS67+ slab. In previous incarnations, it could be found in the following MS66+ slabs:
In the first slab pictured above, it was sold by Heritage in July, 2019 for about $ 2600.
In the second slab pictured above, it was sold by Heritage in Feb, 2020 for about $3200.
In an MS67+ slab, it is obviously more valuable. But, I suspect that the True Views are a bit "exuberant" and if we had the coin in hand, it would be clear that it is original and has not been messed with.