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A Little "Modernista" Eye Candy - Close up pics of toning detail posted - Give us your tho

FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
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But they deserve to be large, as they are pretty awesome - these belong to my buddy "FiveCents" from the board who had these lying around at his place, so I asked him to let me picture them for us. Your thoughts will be appreciated! And no - he doesn't clean, wash windows - AND HE CERTAINLY DOESN'T COOK! image


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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Frank,

    Since they're moderns, they are without merit.

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  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    Toning gives me goosepimples!
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  • BulldogBulldog Posts: 779
    Lucille,

    I can't see those Goosepimples...LOL

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  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Other than Lucy's goosepimples - any commentary on the coins?
  • osirisMMIIosirisMMII Posts: 225
    Hey Frank - Gimme one of them ceeeegars........ I have a sudden urge to smoke! imageimage
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  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    Great colors. The big silvers, classic and modern are what the Fatman loves to collect.
  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    That commem is cool. I like the color on the 87 Eagle obverse and the 89 Eagle reverse too, can you make me one with those combined? image

    Somebody needs to keep their fingers off those poor things though.
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  • fantasiizefantasiize Posts: 667
    I can hear it now ... "banker, Salt Lake City, giveaway, mystery ....".

    1986 on the bottom appears very questionable, the others only appear as somewhat questionable ... ok, maybe the 1986 & 1987 look good ...
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  • fantasiizefantasiize Posts: 667
    that would be the 86 & 87 in the middle
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  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    The Top one is way cool Daddy-o!
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  • oldcameoproofsguyoldcameoproofsguy Posts: 3,174 ✭
    Nice coins Frank!

    Your coin photography is really coming along nicely!image
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭


    << <i>1986 on the bottom appears very questionable >>



    I too questioned the bottom one - but then I took a look at the detail as shown in the two pictures below, and I gotta tell you - you'd have to be a damn good doctor to pull this off! What do you think?

    Frank

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  • KAJ1KAJ1 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭
    Fingerprints....

    AT ??????????????????


  • fantasiizefantasiize Posts: 667
    I said doctor, DOCTOR, Mr. MD, DOCTOR, now can you tell me, DOCTOR, what's coloring me, DOCTOR ... everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ...
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  • dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,731 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yawn, things need a good bath.
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  • MrKelsoMrKelso Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭
    had these lying around at his place

    Tell me more i am curious about the conditions of how they were laying around? In a box, climate,near a vent or heating duct? The 86 on the bottom almost looks like it was in contact with a source of Heat for a long time the others look natural except for the finger prints.


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  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    The '86 is pretty.

  • meos1meos1 Posts: 1,135 ✭
    Love the toning. SAEs are great, and while there still young for a coat of color, I have found several that were in my fathers collection that toned nicely.

    MrKelso: They were stored in a small jewelry box with a cotton ball packing. This was kept in a paper grocery bag on a closet shelf. I hypothysize that the chemicals in the paper of the jewelry box or cotton off gas to interact with the metal surface of the coin. You end up with a an accelerated tone (aT not AT). Additionally, the same box contained a SAE of the same date that was in a soft plastic flip, that coin did not tone. aT, its a good thing.
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  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    Need to remember that ASEs are .999 silver, not .90 silver like other US coins. Silver Eagles will tone much faster. A silver eagle not kept in a flip or airtight will show signs of toning within weeks. After only 3 or 4 months any openly exposed surface will likely be completely toned. Not an expert but these look natural to me. A true Doctor would have been more careful with the fingerprints. IMHO
  • MrKelsoMrKelso Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭
    Thank you They turned out rather nice for such a short time.


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  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Guys - just for the record, the coins MEOS1 was talking about were not these coins. I don't know in what condition these coins were kept, but they just are what they are - the owner will be sending the ASE's for grading, and I really believe that if they stick to the diagnostics, that they'll make it into slabs. We'll let you know!

    Frank
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    I really like the Eagle on the bottom! It looks like a PCGS Morgan I have PCGS Morgan. Of course neither my Morg nor the Eagle is ORIGINAL because they both got that way from an album or holder. image
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • fantasiizefantasiize Posts: 667
    Let's dust and compare the fingerprints on the Morgan and the ASE, we may find a link here ...
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  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hi Frank, In my book I'll call these AT for "Attic Toned".image
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