1829 bust half dime in my collection - color change

ElmerFusterpuck

I posted about this coin in an earlier thread some time back, but thought I would start a new one after tweaking my photo set up. The coin had the yellow green color when I bought it; the color did catch my eye. There is no doubt that my coin does NOT resemble the TrueView colors at all, but maybe one time it did? I love this coin and it's a nice part of my type collection, so no complaints. I don't have color blindness either. I am wondering how the difference can be accounted for though. To me, this coin is yellow-green in hand as shown in my photos, with small traces of blue on the reverse. Could it be...

1) The coin changed color in the holder
2) The TrueView photos picked up a blue color though it may have been greenish all along
3) They are not the same coin
4) I'm just crazy.

See the photos below and feel free to put in your half dime's worth. The TrueView photo is first and my photos are below that. The coin grades XF-40 and the scratches on the obverse are on the holder.

tcollects

TVs, especially recently, don't show what the coin looks like in hand. I personally like the green/gold version, that might be original never dipped.

BustHalfBrian

I think it is a combination of different lighting used for the TrueView (to exaggerate the color) and the coin toning darker in the holder since the TV was taken.

Bikergeek

@ElmerFusterpuck I vote #2 and #4. (hahahahah! Just kidding; we don't even know each other but I had to take the easy joke--like when someone says, "be there or be square," and I say, "why can't I be both?")

I think I remember your previous post about that one. That is an LM-2. It's one of the first three die marriages in the whole series (1829 being the first year) and these first three had 3 pale gules in the shield (meaning, the vertical lines in the shield have 3 bars). Afterward, all the other 1829s and succeeding years have 2 pale gules. Those early coins are not scarce but a lot of them have REALLY nice toning and strong strikes. It's a good choice for type, imho.

You can tell it's LM-2 quickly by the double dentil under the first star (visible on the TrueView more than the slab), and the 3 lines in the shield.

I posted about using mineral oil on slab photos, and got a lot of good comments. @Mr_Spud turned me on to Ritchie Compass oil, which I've been using since that thread. It doesn't permanently fix a scratched slab, but it does create better optical conditions for photos. You might wanna play with that sometime, since you're tweaking your photos like you say.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1094423/mineral-oil-for-coin-slab-photos-before-n-after