Anybody who's in to toned early material might want to check out this guy's listings.

Russ

Click here for some interesting material.

This "leather coin purse" toned 1805 Half Cent is particularly wild.

Russ, NCNE

jbsteven

I have bought and sold items from this seller and can say his photos are pretty close. some of them look a little wierd but he has a return policy so no worries. the coin below was purchased from him

northcoin

OK, I bid (on some of his other auctions), but that coin in the safety deposit story sounds a little too like the grandfather story. Story aside, some of those coins are nice despite not being slabbed.

Singapore

I strongly doubt that any of these are originally toned - but what the heck do I know.

JOHNandBEA

I'm confused again , what could possibly be the reasons they are not slabbed?



John

ohbaby

Some very nice artificially toned coins. They would never make it into a "real" slab.

northcoin

Tough call on whether AT. Based on the reserves and sale prices doesn't look like much (if any) premium was being asked or paid for just because of the toning - at least on the ones that were of interest to me. There was a bust half that went for over Trends, but it was unique in that it had a double profile. Also can't imagine anyone AT ing a Proof 65 Indian Head that ended up selling for half of what Trends has valued same. (of course since it wasn't slabbed it may not actually qualify for a PCGS or NGC PF65 - but in the photo it looked the part.)

jbsteven

ohbaby

the coinI posted was not AT

dorkkarl

<< <i>I'm confused again , what could possibly be the reasons they are not slabbed? >>

uhhh, maybe because slabs suck?

couple of those coins are very nice, based strictly on the digi-pic

K S