What is this?

Placid

Link

It say's a copper pattern but the toning seems odd for copper.

Russ

I don't know anything about the toning on that thing, but this sends a signal:



<< <i>Due to estate liquidation, all sales are final. >>



He's had that in every auction listing forever. Must have been a HUGE estate.

Russ, NCNE

lordmarcovan

Neat pattern, if it is in fact a genuine J-294.

However, the no-return policy Russ mentioned waves a red flag, if only because it is raw. If this is really a $5,000 pattern as claimed (and the seller knows how to quote sources that make it sound like sound like he knows his stuff a bit), then one must wonder why the guy didn't spend $20 or so getting the thing certified.

Maybe because it's an "estate" coin and not his decision to make, although one wonders about the nature of this "estate".

Intriguing, but I'd give this one a wide berth unless the seller is willing to slab it first.

As to the original question about the coin's metallic composition, it is entirely possible that a copper proof could tone iridescently like that. It's pretty and I think there's a fair chance it's genuine. But I wouldn't gamble big bucks on it unless I had a little bit of plastic to protect me.

nwcs

Definitely AT! The hard edges are a giveaway. And the crayon colors.

boiler78

Looks real enough but its AT most likely to cover surface hairlines. It is not a 5000 coin, probably more like 1000-1500.

CLASSICS

<< <i>Link

It say's a copper pattern but the toning seems odd for copper. >>

.........ebay is full of junk like this, a.t., and a no return policy... and very little feedback....can you say , lets find a sucker?

kranky

I think the colors are scary, actually. It's not normal.

By the way, the seller's "About Me" ebay page says, "The source for the vast majority of our coins is a very large estate hoard of quality early type coins that was assembled between 1924 and 1939 by a private collector located on the East Coast. We also handle many other estate liquidations as well as other consignments."

coindaughter

It may be nothing, but I find it interesting, that this seller's feedback follow-ups look a lot like what our friend jadecoin did in early feedback: jadecoin feedback

Interesting, because I haven't seen many sellers do that....

MrLee

Very interesting indeed. Jadecoins1

Maybe just a coincident but jadecoin stopped selling on eBay about the time ecoins1 started. Hmmmmmmmm. And I haven't see follow-ups like that either.

RKKay

Auction prices realized records show a PR 64BN is not worth anywhere near $5k, so if he is in any way over grading, you can be assured his $5k value quote is ridiculous.

Gemini

In all my years of collecting I have never seen a copper coin toned like this before.