AT or original toning?

leothelyon

Hi everyone
Has anyone here ever seen toning like this? I won't give it away about what I mean.
Personally, I think it AT but I really don't have a clue.

Leo

littlewicher

The first picture hardly shows any toning. On the second picture, the toning looks like the colors are separated. That's usually a good indication it's AT.

CLASSICS

hard to tell from the photos, but what is there, looks like it came from a heat lamp.

leothelyon

Hi again
Does EVERYONE give up? Thank you littlewicher and Ronal for your responses. What I had hoped
for was if anyone has seen this particular type of toning. Checking the stars and dates the toning is missing from the lower part of the stars and date and on one date, the 1881S, along the lower
jawline. These areas are white but have the exact shapes of the stars or numbers that they.....well, ...
...highlight may be a good word to describe it . Anyone seen this kind of toning?

Leo

littlewicher

Yes, I've seen that toning pattern before. It looks like the stars and the date are casting a shadow, but the shadow is just an area of untoning. It's a cool effect. I'm not sure what causes it to do that.

leothelyon

Thank you littlewicher. Not long ago there was a topic on toned morgans and I remember having these. Hopefully someone will be able to shed some light on their makings.

Leo

wallstreetman

Natural toning is the proper term! Originally the coin is WHITE etc....

dragon

leo,

Rim toning like that is not unusual and generally occurs from storage in a cardboard album. Many of the Paramount and Redfield dollars that were packed in either the red or black cardboard holders have that type of tone in various degrees and colors. It's also not unusual for the bottoms of the stars and date to have that untoned halo type look. Although the pic isn't very good, I would say it is natural toning assuming the rest of the coin is basically white and the rim toning is on both the obv. and rev. I would however have to see either a better pic or the coin in person to be sure, but it looks ok.

Dragon

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leothelyon
Senior Member

Hey can you post a pic of the frosted die crack on that nickle? Sounds like a neat coin.

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Dog97

It looks cool to me. I like a little periph tone. The shadow effect is caused by the raised devices shielding that part of the coin from the toning agents and from the metal around the devices being a different hardness due to the metal flow when struck by the dies.