is this attractive toning???

mbbiker

i don't like it but i was wondering if people liked black toning as a sign of originality (sp?)

kieferscoins

It probably was nicely toned at one time, but now it is beyond that and just plain black - a color most toning guys don't like. Is that the original holder it was in?

Cameron Kiefer

mbbiker

link to auction.

FC57Coins

Its BLACK! - better ask Darktone what he thinks - personally I don't like black coins.

Frank

ClarkOfKent

Enlightenment

FC57Coins

It's less black now??

LucyBop

I don't like it and have passed on some road tar black looking Frankies for that reason....

gmarguli

It's awful looking. You can find some really nice toned Columbians rather easy and for low prices.

TheNumish

Greg is right. Sometimes you can find Columbians that are Choice AU that have really nice purple/blue toning and they aren't that much.

lathmach

The original holder should add some value to the coin, but the coin is shot. You can't remove toning once it's black like that.
In my opinion, someone way overpaid for that.

Ray

coinrookie

YUCK

prooflike

It depends how the luster is. I have a brownish black morgan that has lots of luster underneath and the toning almost looks like looking through smoked glass. If it is a dull black, I don;t care for it... I guess I am a luster type of guy.

Dog97

That looks like a $10 deal, I'll take the coin purse but the seller can keep the coin.

KlectorKid

If u look directly into the sun with out sun-glasses and then look at the coin it looks much better.. something like this

BillJones

Yes this one has toned beyond the attractive limit. It has had too much time in the leather pouch.

ANACONDA

There's probably someone somewhere who truly believes that that is a gorgeously toned coin.

roadrunner

Reminds me of one that my brother bought in the early 80's for $60.
One of the few times he got the better of a local dealer on raw coins.
He showed it to me raw around 1990-1991 and I told him it was AU58 to MS63. It had good luster under deep jet blue toning but had the high point rub showing as an off white. Didn't like it. I sent it to NGC for him and they graded it 65. At that time they were still worth $2800 sight-unseen as a promotion of these was still going strong. Because the "sheet" said they were worth $3500 I balked and told my brother to wait for a better offer at $3000.

Those Columbians continued to drop like a stone once the promotion ended and within a year he bailed out at $1200. So much for my wisdom and market timing. NGC would never grade that coin any higher than a 64 today. And maybe only a 63.

roadrunner

roadrunner

tradedollarnut

Wow, they have come down. Last year I cherrypicked a scratched up old holder NGC MS64 and got it upgraded to PCGS MS66 and only got $1200 for it! It was a sweet looking coin!

michael

for me from the scan.....no........... but really you have to answer that question for yourself.....

also i think most of the value is in the case the leather pouch, the coin might not be original to the pouch

i see you also have a full money back guarantee if you do not like the item

might you return it?

sincerely michael

supercoin

I doubt he can return it if he's already removed it from its gold foil wrapper.