Toned 1893 Columbian - Guess Grade Help

Lori

I won this on ebay and love the toning. Please tell me it is real. I think it is but I am shoting 50/50 on my guesses lately.

I was also hoping you could also give me a grade on this coin. Auction stated Album Toned .

Thanks for the help once again!!

Lori

BillJones

The picture I am getting is out of focus, so it's hard for me to determine if it's AU or Unc.

It looks like the coin was polished long ago and has now retoned with the blue and gold around the edge, but I'm basing that on a less than perfect image. There are definitely hairlines in the in the right field so if it's Unc. we are not talking choice here. Somehow the coin looks polished.

If you could throw up a sharper image, perhaps the other board members and I could give you a more definitive answer.

wingedliberty

Lori:
Its hard to tell , its out of focus, especially the fields.
Can you focus it.

Brian.

Lori

I will have to wait until I get the coin. That was the photos on ebay. Thanks for the help anyway.

Lori

Dog97

AU58 cleaned & retoned. I see alot of scratches in the obv field on the right side.
Kinda looks cameo doesn't it?

dorkkarl

i like it at au money.

K S

Russ

I don't know if it's real toning, and I don't know what it would grade - I also don't care. I LIKE it! I think it's damned pretty! Can I have it?

Russ, NCNE

Baley

AU55, and VERY attractive at that grade, would probably pay MS60 money for a coin with this much eye appeal, and to heck with its distractions, I like it overall (IMO lightly cleaned, toning 75% natural looking, mild cameos, very pretty coin lori)

Lori

Sorry Russ, I think I will keep this one. It caught my eye and had to have it.

Hopefully you guys (gals) can give me a better grade once I get the coin and can take better pictures. I wonder if it really looks that frosty.

Lori

prooflike

Some of those Columbians come prooflike, and this may be one of those. You'll be able to tell more when you get it in hand, the picture is pretty bad.