To slab TONED DBL MS's or leave intact

toners

I have several intact double Mint Sets, 1955/56/57/58 with some beautiful toning/ a 56 with 2 monster dimes( electric purple/cobalt blue 2 sided tone), and 1 Monster sea green Quarter (57), ( I don't take the term Monster lightly). Couple of the halves are 66 FBL's with the rest average but with nice Raninbow toning. Should I leave them intact to continue toning and keep them original or break them out and slab them and stop the toning process??? Thanks in advance. By the way I leve in N.E. Georgia so the humidity is High and I THINK the toning process probably speeds up a little bit in this neck of the woods.
Allen

gsaguy

Allen,

Only you can make that decision. But let me give you a real life example that I believe is applicable to your situation.

A dealer buddy of mine contacted me before the ANA and told me to be prepared to see one of the most beautifully toned Mint Sets he'd ever seen. He also said something like, be prepared to dig really deep to buy this one.....something like in the 1000's of dollars! And this was for a mint set fromt the 50's.

Anyway, we met in New York and he pulled out a sealed envelope with the mint set inside. He said that he'd last seen the set about 5 years ago, had sealed it in the envelope and had recently 'discovered' it with other coins in his very large and disorganized safety deposit box.

Well, I think you already know what we found. The coins were okay, but nothing special. He sat there for several minutes just shaking his head and saying, "I can't believe this, these coins were incredible".

Two things could be at work here. Either he THOUGHT the coins were incredible when he last looked at them 5 years ago or they were indeed incredible but had continued to tone to the point where they'd gone past their prime. This guy is pretty good with toned material so I suspect that the toning process may have progressed to the point that the coins were no longer at their best.

Could this happen in a 5 year period? I don't know. But one thing is for sure in your case. If the coins look awesome now, then they've toned enough. I'd consider stopping the process.

Thanks!

GSAGUY

ArtR

I agree with gsaguy to stop the toning process. If they are at the stage that they are considered monsters now. If left in their toning environment there is only one way for them to go in the future and that will be downhill.

BlueCole

hey, toners, turn on you PM!!

I would agree with the other guys--any future exposure can only make things worse. I live in GA also, so i understand the humidity. It's only been, what, 10 days with 90+ temps?

One good thing about it, though--we can AT a coin by leaving it on the side walk for 3 or 4 hours!!!!

B.

Morganluver

Hi Allen. Welcome to the zoo, I mean board. It's an interesting place, kind of like a soap opera. The difference is that you can actually learn something from some of these guys and gals. I agree, you should either sell it as a set now or send them in for submission. If you can't submit yourself, let me know and I could help you out. I've got a few I could send in as well.

toners

Thanks for the advice, Richard I guess I will be getting in touch and sending them on down to Florida to get you to help me submit them to PCGS, the dimes and the quarter and a couple of halves, I hate to bust them up, but I would be stupid not to and risk them toning ugly, they are really some nice coins, the dimes and the quarter have a good shot at 67.
Allen