Rainbow IKE

rainbowroosie · July 27, 2003 12:22PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11981&item=3038046121 link

The above is my first attempt to add a link. Don't laugh at me if it does not work...I'm trying!! That said, what do you think of this IKE????

mbbiker · July 27, 2003 12:24PM

I like it but i dont think it will look like the pics when you get it in hand.

Russ · July 27, 2003 12:25PM

Link works perfectly.

That's rather interesting toning for a clad coin.

Russ, NCNE

MrD · July 27, 2003 12:26PM

MB
Believe it or not the coin looks like the picture
Dick
Greattoning

rainbowroosie · July 27, 2003 12:27PM

The link worked!!! -- I am now the Yoda of computer technology!!!

relayer · July 27, 2003 12:28PM

He's always got some nice toners and I've enjoyed dealing with him as a buyer and seller in the past.

He certainly knows how to take great photos

But the day-glow obverse kinda looks like you can see "brush strokes" in front of Ike's face

A pretty coin though - I threw a $20 bid on it for fun

mbbiker · July 27, 2003 12:29PM

WOW if it really looks that bright in real life i want to know how that happend, i havn't even seen a sliver coin that looked that bright. (what temp was the oven set at???)

KlectorKid · July 27, 2003 12:30PM

Probably AT wether intentional or not. I can see why its in a PCI gold slab.

hookedoncoins · July 27, 2003 12:33PM

That is wild toning. I believe the seller is a member here. I don't remember his handle. Send a PM to Supercoin. It looks AT to me, but I have seen just as wild coins in slabs (PCGS/NGC).

-Jarrett Roberts

MrD · July 27, 2003 12:35PM

My handle is MRD

stman · July 27, 2003 12:35PM

<< <i>But the day-glow obverse kinda looks like you can see "brush strokes" in front of Ike's face >>

LMAO....nothing to say except, OMG!!!!

hookedoncoins · July 27, 2003 12:36PM

-Jarrett Roberts

Typetone · July 27, 2003 12:39PM

Neat coin. Not a Peac*ock hoard coin though so don't get carried away.

Greg

keets · July 27, 2003 1:05PM

Composition----3-cent nickel and Nickel five-cent pieces, 1865-date w/exception of the silver Jefferson's, .750 copper and .250 nickel in alloy.

Composition----all clad coinage 1965-date, an outer layer of .750 copper and .250 nickel in alloy bonded to a pure copper core.

i only posted that to illustrate that all of our current circulating clad coins and the Ike's/SBA's are essentially nickels. i have plenty of rainbow Jefferson's and while they may be older for the most part, you should catch my drift: copper/nickel tones very attractively. while this coin looks rather robust and vibrant, the fact that it's holdered by PCI shouldn't dismiss it as AT. i have some blue, gold and red/pink Ikes that i have no reason to believe were messed with.

this coin may/may not be AT, but the fact that it's a mid 70's nickel clad issue in a PCI holder shouldn't really be at question.

al h.

jom · July 27, 2003 1:11PM

I can attest to "greattoning's" pictures. I bought some Roosey dimes from him last year that were "right on" as far as the picture was concerned.

I'm now sending "greattoning" an email asking him how he gets his pictures....

jom

Gembens · July 27, 2003 1:15PM

Hey Bill ! show some pix of your best Roosies !!

stujoe · July 27, 2003 1:23PM

Honestly, whether AT or not, that is the type of toing that just turns me off whenever I see a picture of it whether it is on an Ike, a Morgan or an anything. Too bright, too neon, too much like a made-up wh...never mind. Let's just say not my cup o' tea. YMMV.

K6AZ · July 27, 2003 2:40PM

That is so blatantly AT it isn't funny. And there are people trying to say PCI has some sort of credibility.

Bear · July 27, 2003 2:45PM

The toning is unnatural, unwholsome, unmentionable, unbearable and unbelievable.

Looks like the artest cleaned his brushes on the face of the coin.

stman · July 27, 2003 2:46PM

BTW, for anybody wondering by my previous comments that I thought the image was off compared to the coin like I have in the past....Not the case this time, it probably does look just like the image. And that's what bother's me.

MacCoin · July 27, 2003 2:52PM

got to love that toning. It looks kind of like the quarter I toned on the gas grill this morning.

supercoin · July 27, 2003 2:57PM

MrD, do you have any history on how it acquired that toning?

MrD · July 27, 2003 9:26PM

The owner said it came from an Arizona collection and thats all I know about it
Dick
greattoning

LucyBop · July 27, 2003 9:39PM

if it is at, thats a purty at job...

keets · July 27, 2003 10:28PM

..........makes me wonder about what was said regarding the Peacokc hoard when it first came to light. most opinions on color are probably based on experience looking at silver coins. nickel tones differently. maybe AT, maybe not. perhaps i need to go check some of those Jeff's. there seems to be a preponderance of brightly toned Jefferson's being holdered now. makes me wonder what the services are doing. they should probably check with us experts, eh??

al h.

supercoin · July 28, 2003 4:10AM

The point has been here before made that all toning is "artificial" in some degree.

"Market acceptable" toning is really just artificial toning with a good history -- whether it's the Peacock hoard Ikes, bags of Morgans, or Wayte Raymond albums.

But I think this coin would have a hard time passing muster at a top-tier service. Obviously the owner thinks so too or it'd be in one of those holders now for a lot more money.

I haven't seen one "naturally" toned like that before which always makes for a tough hurdle.

MrD · July 28, 2003 4:20AM

I have been told by the owner that he has one of these in a pcgs holder. Seeing is believing but thats what I was told.
Dick
greattoning

freakycoinfreak · July 28, 2003 8:26AM

<< <i>I have been told by the owner that he has one of these in a pcgs holder. >>

So PCGS slabbed a Ike with artificial toning. Wouldn't be the first AT coin they slabbed and wont be the last. Doesn't mean this coin is real.

Rainbow IKE

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