LIVER OF SULFUR STRIKES AGAIN

TWODOGS

Obviously used a Q-tip or paintbrush.

LIVER OF SULFUR

dragon

Hi Twodogs,

Actually, that piece may not be AT'd and it may just be a bad or greatly enhanced pic. It has several characteristics of a naturally bag toned coin, but it's very hard to tell from that enhanced pic.

dragon

braddick

The scan may be tweeked, but the coin looks like it has real color.
(Check the area right below the date. See that 'shadowing' effect? That's near impossible to fake or duplicate.)

Pushkin

Word of caution to all of you wanna-be coin doctors,

Liver of sulphur is very nasty stuff. Best to work with it out doors and use a face mask.

I have a can of it and the can is double sealed in inert plastic containers. This stuff can really do some damage if you're not careful.

Thank you for your attention.

TWODOGS

The color scheme and the blotchy effect with no real blending of the colors looks like sloppy L of S application. Even if the colors are tweaked. I'm willing to bet I could whip one up that looks just like it.

Russ

That coin must be naturally toned. A Gold Power Seller wouldn't sell bogus stuff.

Russ, NCNE

Gilbert

(Check the area right below the date. See that 'shadowing' effect? That's near impossible to fake or duplicate.)



Hey Braddick,

I don't know why it happens, but I've seen quite a few instances where that part of the coin just doesn't seem to take on color, as if the date had been glued on a slid up a tad (just an illustration). Now I've never tried to tone a coin so I can't say that natural toning doesn't cover it but artificially enhancing it will; just that many Morgans, and 1881 is what immediately comes to mind, have mutiple examples where the image of the date doesn't seem to take on toning, so that may not be the best diagnostic.

prooflike

I think shadowing is one of the better diagnostics and agree that shadowing is difficult to reproduce artificially/accelerated, and on the example above it is even present on the lower stars. I think due to the blothiness and intense toning of the obverse, this coin would get bagged by both PCGS & NGC.