Purple Toning on a Boone?

Higashiyama

Any observations on this Boone would be appreciated. Do you like (dislike) the purple highlights? Is it typical for a Boone? Real or AT?

TheNumish

From the pic the toning looks natural to me.

Dog97

Looks ok.

MacCoin

look good to me too natural

gmarguli

Looks natural.

clackamas

I have an Oregon Half thats purple as well, its natural.

littlewicher

It's natural. I love that kind of toning on Peace Dollars.

steventheyn

That looks ok to me.

Higashiyama

As a follow-up to this post, I got results back from PCGS, and they call this artificial.

I am usually reasonably understanding when PCGS disagrees with me, but in this case, I think they are way off the mark. I don't see any ambiguity in this coin.

(Actually, I should edit to say the purple highlights are cool and a bit curious, but this coin is part of a three coin set that sure looks like they were simply stored together for many years. Even given PCGS' tendency to AT coins, I was surprised by this result)

gmarguli

Try it at NGC for a second opinion (unless you NEED it in a PCGS slab).

michael

for me this coin is definately AT the purple color especially this specific shade is known for being AT always all the time! yes yes

also the colors just do not sit right on the coin the color looks crayon like and floats on the surface of the coin that is another dead giveaway for AT

also the way the toning pattern is it is inconsistant with album toning and to me looks like this was created by a very clever toning doctor

overall i would not encapsuulate this coin if i ran a grading service

now to me there is a 99.9% chance this is AT so for me this is what i think

i could be right or wrong but the above is what i think

sincerely michael

scher

Im with Michael on this one..doesnt look very natural on the surface..
Bruce Scher

mact

I like it, very nice toning.

matt

Tonekiller

Looks real and its a nice coin.

TBT