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Heavily toned Morgan I found this evening.

Hi all. I haven't always been a big fan of Morgan dollars, but I like the toned ones. I unwrapped this one just now from ancient, crumbling tissue paper. It has superb luster, spectacular color in person (scans don't do it justice). The grade would be MS-64-ish. It looks a lot like Artificial Toning, but I assure you, the coin hasn't seen fresh air in at least thirty years. What do you think? (Warning: 58 KB)

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Thanks in advance!

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  • LOL scrap the dirt off of it .. Just kidding nice coin and it would get MS63+ The only reason I say 63 is because i cant see the luster through the tone. But for somebody that likes toned its a good one.


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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,592 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If it's light sea green and light blue with gold and red highlights then I have one just like it in a PCGS MS65 holder. The older, green holder. As it is shown, I cannot tell anything about the color.
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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Hey yeah that's pretty cool looking!
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • Nice color!!!!!!!!!!

    I love the green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    It doesn't have too much green,,, but at least it have green!!!!!!

    Pretty Morgan!!!!!!!!
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    HMM...that is pretty cool looking. Like a coin that's been somewhere and done something; a coin that isn't afraid to get a little dirt under it's fingernails; a manly coin, not like the usual prissy rainbows we see all the time.

    Russ, NCNE
  • danglendanglen Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭
    WOW!!! Just proves coin doctors were operating thirty years ago image Either that or there is a fungus among us image Outside of that, looks pretty cool!!!
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  • << <i>HMM...that is pretty cool looking. Like a coin that's been somewhere and done something; a coin that isn't afraid to get a little dirt under it's fingernails; a manly coin, not like the usual prissy rainbows we see all the time.

    Russ, NCNE >>



    Interesting description. image But, yeah, nice colors. image WHat is over the G on the rev. in "In God We Trust?"
    Justin.
  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    unnatural toning for sure. looks like scrambled eggs! probably market accpetable though.

    K S
  • It's just a change in color, a spot, above the "G", not a foreign substance. The coin has terrific luster, but the scanner makes it look flat. I know what you mean by an "unnatural" look to the toning, but I can tell you it looks outstanding in-hand. It's a really beautiful coin.

    Thanks for the opinions. Russ, can I quote that?

    jadecoin
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Russ, can I quote that? >>



    I'd be honored.

    Edit: For 10%.image

    Russ, NCNE

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