My new tonel proof nickel AT or real -- results are in -- i'm a coin doctor

mbbiker

I just got this one, what do you think of it AT or real? it dons't matter one way or the other just curious what you guys/girls think.

MadMarty

perdy!!!

Lori

Wow, those sure are some pretty colors on that coin. Jeffersons sure can tone great shades of many colors.

Lori

Edited to say it is real toning in my opinion (but I am just learning).

FC57Coins

Looks real kid - congratulations!

wingedliberty

Looks AT, but as long as your happy with it.
Wait until you see the pastel Proof Roosie I mailed you.

Brian.

ksteelheader

Danged good lookin coin.............Ken

mbbiker

anyone else have an opinion to weather it's AT or not?

baccaruda

i have a bunch with rim toning (rainbows) but have never seen one like that. i like it.

gemtone65

It looks beautiful and natural to me. The blue reverse doesn't seem inconsistent with the somewhat purple obverse. The luster is unimpaired. The color yransitions on the obverse aren't to severe.

Russ

Mbbiker,

I already told you it was real. Geez, don't you trust me?

Russ, NCNE

leothelyon

It's very real!

Leo

mbbiker

I trust you but i wanted to see if anyone else thought it was real.

Cam40

DCAMFranklin

Very nice! Natural toning.

mbbiker

Ok, here is what happend to the coin.

I got really bored last night and took a torch lighter to some coins to see what would happen, let them cool overnight looked at them this morning and posted one of the better ones to see what people thought about it. This is the first time i've ever tried AT'ing a coin. It will not be sold I figured if i got anything that looked kinda cool i'd put it back in the 2x2 and mark it AT, it is now part of my collection forever. I only did this once and i'm not going to do it anymore, i just wanted to see how easy it really was to AT a coin. After doing only 10 coins and posting the best one and getting good reviews of it i can see how big of a problem real coin doctors are, if i can make one look ok i can't imagine what people that do this everyday are doing to coins.

FrattLaw

COIN DOCTOR --- ! throw him in the water, prepare the stake, where's the garlic? what about a toned silver bullet -- be gone you evil doer -- axis of coin evil person!

Michael

MrEureka

I got really bored last night and took a torch lighter to some coins

So how many Forum members will be rushed to the Emergency Room tonight with burned fingers???

dragon

Well, I see you already posted the outcome, however I was going to say that coin was not naturally toned because of the very unnatural color scheme and the colors themselves in the obverse. Typically, coins that are heat treated in some way will show that unnatural gunmetal blue color which can sometimes fade into a dark green or purple.

dragon

coingirl

Amazing what a little heat can do. It is scary that a coin can be so easily AT'd and can fool so many people.

coingirl

DCAMFranklin

Well Marty, you definitely "torched" me on that one. I liked the color and thought it to be natural. Oh well....

DHeath

Andy.....LMAO. I'm wondering how many people will have Monticello shaped blisters.

sinin1

hang'em high - > where is the lynching group when you need them.

Say, did you keep it in the mint cellophane when you heated it? and how many seconds, and how far away?

Bear

Thats it, Im putting all of my coins on a cookie sheet and bake them till they are done.

Probable make a few hundred thousand if the reciepe is correct. Maybe use a little

Oregeno , parsley, garlic, salt and a few Bay leaves. That way if the toning doesnt work out,

I can always eat them for lunch.

eureka

Interesting.
I was at a small local show this past weekend and happened to catch the tail end of a conversation in which the dealer was speaking in hushed tones to another person -- so hushed I had trouble hearing even sticking my head next to them over the display case
Anyway, the dealer was discussing some person who toned nickles blue using a chemical. Evidently it only works well with nickles and looks completly natural.

mbbiker

<< <i>the dealer was discussing some person who toned nickles blue using a chemical >>


I guess i'm still safe then, I use heat

dabugler

Looks AT to me.

leothelyon

Brad
I really thought your coin was a natural as you can see. I have several with simular toning, natural that is.


Leo

mbbiker

Leo, nice coin but i think yours looks more natural than mine yours has the same colors on both sides.

Trime

mbbiker,
Point made!