The Mother of all PCGS toned MS Jeffersons...look!

SeattleSlammer · March 26, 2003 6:22AM

OH MY!

Picked this up recently and it's absolutely gorgeous in person. These pics do an amazing job of capturing the colors on the coin, though overall they're not quite as neon bright in person. Still very amazing.

I don't even like Jeffersons as a rule, but I couldn't pass this one up. Killer mint set toning.

I know there are many toned Jefferson lovers here, so I thought I'd share......

bumpy · March 26, 2003 6:30AM

Craaaaaazy

lablover · March 26, 2003 6:36AM

Wild color...cool!!!

Lori · March 26, 2003 6:44AM

I have this one that was auction off by the same seller:

And

The penny I have now and in the right lighting it does look just like the picture. I tried & tried & tried to take a picture of this penny with my camera and can not get it to turn out like the coin at all. I also asked the seller how he took pictures of his coins and I got an email back stating this "Unfortunately the way I have developed taking pictures of coins is not something I can share. "

Must be a very sophisticated process, huh. Overall very happy with his coins and hope to win lots more.

Lori

WWW · March 26, 2003 6:48AM

What is that on his nose? And is that a Charley Chaplin mustache?

Regardless, it's a very cool coin. Good find SS.

SeattleSlammer · March 26, 2003 7:03AM

Lori, nice penny, too. I almost bid on that one. I was very happy with the accuracy of the pics for my nickel.

WWW, that spec on the nose appears to be a lovely bit of dirt/lint of some kind. Extra character! Really, I'm so used to looking at big Morgan dollars, this nickel seemed downright tiny when I got it. You have to admit, that's one hell of a picture that the seller made for such a small coin.

WWW · March 26, 2003 7:09AM

Absolutely! Hey, ask him how he does it.

gsaguy · March 26, 2003 7:20AM

Wowzer!!!

GSAGUY

pontiacinf · March 26, 2003 7:23AM

hes quite handy with chemicals...i have a few myself, but none as nice as that...serious congrats on that baby

SeattleSlammer · March 26, 2003 7:43AM

I'd love to see some more pics in here if you have some toned Jeff's that you think are on the same level as this one....post 'em!

Lori · March 26, 2003 7:47AM

Ok, you twisted my arm...

PR 68

PR 67

Lori

CoinAddict · March 26, 2003 8:20AM

The 1939 is graded NGC Pr-65.

The 1942 is graded PCGS Pr-66.

I bought both of these coins from Greattoning on eBay. These are his images. I did not get the reverse images for the 1942. It is a type 1.

Ronyahski · March 26, 2003 8:27AM

This coin has telltale signs of coming out of an original mint set, but I have never seen as spectacular rim toning on a Jef mint set coin as this one. Congrats!

byergo · March 26, 2003 9:58AM

I made two ANACS MS65 1964 Jeff's that look exactly like this one. They were both in a 1964 mint set with a blue cardboard insert inside of a plastic snap-close container (probably had been in there for over 30 years). I'm sure the chemicals in the cardboard caused the toning over a very long period of time. Not sure who the manufacturer was. The same mint set also had some nice toning on the half's and dime's, but not as spectacular as the nickels.