Another toned ASE to look at

andy007

1995 toned ASE

The coin is sitting in one of those American Silver Eagle cardboard holders that come inside the cheap-looking snap plastic cases(American flag with American Silver Eagle facing out, the plain cardboard showing on the back, as it is sitting in the holder in the scan) This company seems to produce a whole series of these holders, I have saw individual state quarter one with the flag of each state on the cardboard to an incredibly poor rendition of Sacajawea to fit the dollar coin.

Anyhow, I placed the coin in the holder, taking it out of the hard plastic snap case, and into my attic(where the temps get 100+ degrees with tons of humidity here during the summer) where it has set undisturbed, albeit only a couple times when I looked at the progression of toning, for a few months now. The blue on the periphery is vibrant, and reminds me of a Morgan album toned bright blue. The cardboard is in effect the same as an album toned coin, but does excelerating the conditions(difference in temp and impact of the cardboard holder's toning effects)is it considered AT ? It's tough to say yes as all the other threads have previously discussed in my opinion. Excelerated yes, but I'm not sure that "intent to tone" is enough alone to say that this is AT, but should both, intent to tone the coins by placing them in a conducive holder, album, paper, etc... and the exceleration of the time that most naturally beautifully toned coins have taken to reach the eye appealing look that they possess, via placing the coin in an unstable environment temperature-wise, be enough to fairly assess a coin as AT? I personally know several collectors who put together date/mm sets of certain series(Roosevelt's seem popular) and fill their Dansco or Whitman with white coins and can't wait until the years pass by and their Roosies, or whatever series, take on a beautiful album tone. That is where the intention is actually there, but the time frame is not excelerated.

Who knows, I don't know what I'm talking about anyway.

Placid

To me it's not at since it was done in a natural way.
To me at means a coin was exposed to chemicals or extreme temps that a coin would not be exposed to by typical storage methods.

TheNumish

Gotta go!!! I'm running out to buy some of those cases so I can put my Silver Eagles in the attic!!!!! Coin looks great.

braddick

Beautiful coin! My PCGS Registry set could use that one.

http://www.pcgs.com/new_set_registry/display_coins.chtml?regsetid=1117&alltime=no

FC57Coins

Pat:

You should post pictures of your set - I bet they're quite the eye candy!

Frank

braddick

Thanks, that's my next project. I could simply scan them but the colors don't jump out like photography would capture.

oldcameoproofsguy

I have a 1907 Barber Dime that is a really nice au that I have been thinking of trying this with. Does anyone know what kind of paper has a really high sulfur content?

joemon2

I don't know what the grading services would say but it sure is a beautiful ASE. Seems like natural toning to me since no chemicals were used. Neat looking coin!

robertpr

heh yeah I know paper with a high sulpher content..."COIN WORLD". Just cut out a hole to hold the coin, and use something like rubber bands or something to hold the pages together. Works like a charm, if you can get the hole cut just right