Monster toned 1964 JFK business strike!

Russ · January 23, 2003 11:24AM

Okay, so it's not really monster toned.

Oh, but what a difference a picture can make.

Compare to the scans in the auction where I bought the coin.

Russ, NCNE

Lori · January 23, 2003 11:28AM

Wow..... Huge difference. Very nice coin ya got there.

Lori

kaleidoscopic · January 23, 2003 11:30AM

Not too shabby, but I like the nickel better! Kscope

Russ · January 23, 2003 11:32AM

I like the nickel a LOT better.

Russ, NCNE

BSqr · January 23, 2003 11:34AM

Wow, that is fast. I'm quickly learning that toning need not take a long time.

Russ · January 23, 2003 11:38AM

BSqr,

I think the toning on this one came from the cardboard in the aftermarket "memorial" holder. It doesn't appear that the coin has ever been removed and thus has likely been sucking up whatever's in the cardboard for better than three decades.

Russ, NCNE

KlectorKid · January 23, 2003 11:39AM

Cool! Here is my Monster JFK to bad I dont have any photo skills at all! It is orange, red and green.
Link

fairtraderzz · January 23, 2003 11:45AM

WOW. Does'nt even look like the same coin! Nice pictures that you have taken!

Gary

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BSqr · January 23, 2003 12:37PM

Russ,

So the coin was tonned when you got it? I guess that means the auction pics aren't of your exact item.

Russ · January 23, 2003 12:41PM

<< <i>I guess that means the auction pics aren't of your exact item. >>

They sure are.

Russ, NCNE

stujoe · January 23, 2003 1:40PM

<< <i>Wow, that is fast. I'm quickly learning that toning need not take a long time. >>

This nickel:

http://www.thestujoecollection.com/otherpic/yelljeff.jpg

is in one of those cheesy 'Coins Of the Presidents' sets like you might see in the Sunday Paper or a credit card statement.

The color in the pciture is pretty darn accurate and it took less than 8 years of interaction with whatever is in that holder.

The Washington and the Roosevelt are toning too but not nearly as much.

gsaguy · January 23, 2003 1:42PM

I thought this JFK was kind of cute!

GSAGUY

rwhite · January 23, 2003 1:46PM

Sweet Kennedy Bryan! Hope to see it @ LB.

rwhite · January 23, 2003 1:46PM

dbl post.

mbbiker · January 23, 2003 1:49PM

rwhite if you look at the pic it looks like the coin is already in a slab

gsaguy · January 23, 2003 1:54PM

mbbiker,

If you're talking about the pic I posted, it is in a slab....a PCGS slab....MS67 if I remember correctly. And believe me, the pic doesn't do the coin justice.

GSAGUY

Monster toned 1964 JFK business strike!

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