Even gold coins occasionally display a bit of color

coinguy1

Here is an MS64 St. Gaudens $20, that I happen to think has a bit of character or personality, due to its subtle golden/orange and pink patina.

Sometimes gold coins display a bit of orange and/or golden and/or pink/rose color, due to the impurity of the alloy (.900 gold and .100 copper). While this is by no means unheard of for these coins, it is a bit unusual and I like them when they look like this. Others may well disagree and please, feel free to do so. I believe that at least one board member here or on the NGC forum collects "color" gold coins.

For comparison purposes, I have posted an image of a non-colored (MS65) one beneath it.

Baley

aaaah, the "black hills" look, very nice!

certainly PQ!

barberlover

Mark, I love it!! Keep posting those tone pics [it really cheers me up] Since i decided not to buy the pretty 1861 66 indian penny you had, the last coin i did buy last fall was a 1924 saint in p.c.g.s. 64. Ibaught it for no other reason then i loved the combo of pretty streaks of orange/yellow gold and mind blowing luster. I didn't buy it because i thaught gold would shoot up the way it has or because it's rare [not] it was just nice affordable eye candy and i love sweets.

ClausUrch

Here is, what I think, is also a nice "toned" gold piece. The picture does not do it justice as the rim toning is very nice lavender as it lightens towards the inside.

MrKelso

<< <i>Here is an MS64 St. Gaudens $20, that I happen to think has a bit of character or personality, due to its subtle golden/orange and pink patina.

Sometimes gold coins display a bit of orange and/or golden and/or pink/rose color, due to the impurity of the alloy (.900 gold and .100 copper). While this is by no means unheard of for these coins, it is a bit unusual and I like them when they look like this. Others may well disagree and please, feel free to do so. I believe that at least one board member here or on the NGC forum collects "color" gold coins.

For comparison purposes, I have posted an image of a non-colored (MS65) one beneath it.





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I also own a few Saints that have very nice color that appears in the field on both sides. It adds charm to the coin.
If i find time to dig them out i will share a few pics this weekend.

Thanks

mdwoods

Those Saints are gorgeous. What a great coin design. Nice pictures too. mdwoods

Blade

Barney needs to get in here. He has a cool NGC Saint that has almost rainbow coloring. It is much more dramatic than the pic posted by Coinguy.

danglen

I think I'll pick curtain number two

keithdagen

Claus,

Those modern commems, especially in PCGS-70, tend to have a lot of that deep orange toning. Definitely gives the coins some personality.

coinkat

nice coins... original color makes all the difference in the world with respect to gold.

jom

Love toned gold. I know you posted the bottom coin there as a "non-toned" but it sure looks like it has good color to me.

My set I'm putting together has some nicely toned pieces. Rose, deep yellow, even some light bluish cast. Great stuff...

jom

braddick

Remember the Thread last week where a member brought up "blue gold" (I think it was the owner of Sahara Coin)?
I'd still like more info on what it was he was referring too and what this oddity looks like.

airplanenut

There's a purple gold coin at the Smithsonian... 1796 $10, I believe... your coins are pretty, too

fcloud

Here is a modern 1/10 oz. The coin has a rose color base, the hair, and branch are also rose color.. I wish I could get a better photo.. This little coin is stunning!

sinin1

coinguy - do you have any pictures of gold with blue tone? the guy from Las Vegas said that it only appears occasionally in very high grade gold coins (and in his opinion not original)


Would that be like the purple toned periphery in this thread already seen?

jom

<< <i>Remember the Thread last week where a member brought up "blue gold" (I think it was the owner of Sahara Coin)? >>



Hey, Braddick. Next time I get the chance I'll show you a couple. Remind me.

fcloud: Great coin! I see moderns like that a lot but there always in slabs so I have to pay some huge premium for the MS69 or whatever. Therefore, I don't own any yet.

jom

jom

OK, I'll show a picture. Although, the pics suck I'll try to explain. If you go clockwise from the "Y" in Liberty, between the 2nd and 4th star there is some coloring. See it? It goes into the headdress also. That, I think, is what he was talking about.



Here's another. Much of the obverse and around the breast of the eagle on the reverse.




BTW, I didn't pay any "premium" for either of these. Original or not I like them.

jom

jom

Another:



Also, the grades on these aren't particularly high. The Eagles are 61 and/or 62 and the quarter eagle is an MS63.

jom

coinkat

jom... nice 2 1/2 Indian. The ten looks good too.