Toning experts, is this 1970 JFK real or AT?

Russ

To me, it looks like it has an outside shot to be real, but you could fit my knowledge about toning on the head of a pin and have room left over to run a motocross.

Russ, NCNE

Placid

Looks ok to me. Splotchy(sp), dosen't go over the raised letters and is only on one side.

GP

I would say AT, just cause well seems kinda extreme toning on a young coin and it doesnt appear to have spread to the edges or obv. I would think there would be a little "blow over" from whatever situation that coin would of had to be in to tone like that. But thats my opinion, I am far from an expert.

jom

Regardless of whether it's AT or not, do you like it? I do...

Was this coin graded? Is that an NGC holder there...can't tell?

jom

Russ

Jom,

I love it, but the seller wants way too much for it, $250. This is an educational inquiry. It's slabbed by NTC, which makes the fact that it's graded meaningless as far as whether or not the toning is real.

Russ, NCNE

gmarguli

I'd go with AT. The color changes too abruptly for me to think it is real.

clackamas

Russ, its genuine air transfer toning. Its for real.

GP

air transfer toning? only if the air was butane. (heh, man that sounded way more rude than I wanted) But I still feel it is AT, very well done AT, but still not real.

drsvenghali

My vote is for AT.

stman

Russ, I guess everybody defines AT in their own way. So I don't know how you feel about it. I feel this coin has had some help along the way though.

quarterjack

Stman, i agree the coin DID have some help (heat) along the way, the reverse seems to have had the brunt of it. JMHO.

Dave

dorkkarl

"real", as in real bad.

K S

airplanenut

VERY pretty... but this smily is doing what someone did to the coin:

Tonelover

Fake. There's a certain diagnostic which is a huge giveaway. Look real close at the holder, and check carefully for the letters "NTC". If those letters are there then what you have is with 99.9% certainty, an artificially toned, altered surface, doctored piece garbage.

drsvenghali

I thought NTC stands for "Naturally Toned Coin".