Finally, a pretty IKE! Yes, it's true.

SeattleSlammer

SeattleSlammer

...reedededge is offering this one on ebay...

(not a sales pitch, just a fact--and since it's not mine, feel I should give credit)

WWW

How can that possibly be graded a cameo?

TheNumish

Here is a link to the auction.
1973-S Monster Toned

Coin is remarkable but is it really worth that much. I have White 1973-S PR-69 DCAM I'd sell for $60. Is that toning really worth an extra $935?

segoja

The answer is no!

Proof: It didn't sell

tgilliams

ABSURD!!! But P.T. Barnum said "There's a sucker born every minute". Let's see if there's one out there.

airplanenut

<< <i>How can that possibly be graded a cameo? >>

I can answer that

Here's one that JBSteven has up for sale... formerly my own coin:


Head on, the colors are like the picture- no exaggeration there. When tilted, the mirrors will show, albeit they are sometimes "hazy" in that there is color lying on top of them. Nonetheless, you can see the mirrors, and the frost on the devices, even through this type of toning when the coin is at the right angle.

I wish I had a picture somewhere so I could better illustrate what I just said... I'll hopefully find one someday...

Jeremy

rainbowroosie

What would be your reaction if the coin was NOT in plastic and the seller was Tonecoin 2003???

Placid

dbldie55

I would pay the going rate for a 1973 proof. Other than that, it is just another butt ugly ike.

fountainheadgold

Placid I can't believe your last post of the smily guy upchucking, where did you find that lol

Typetone

Nice, but not a Peac*ock

supercoin

I'd be curious to see that coin in person, I wonder if it's the lighting making that toning look that "solid" or if it's irridescent toning being captured well by the photo. If so, I'd like to know how he does it, I've never had good luck!

The reverse with the white center is particularly confusing... normally it would appear black in the fields of a proof but it's white. Overall the look (from the photo) reminds me of a silver uncirculated toned.

Pretty, in any case!

jcping

Mmmmmmm.... the opening bid was $1000.00 last week and right now it is lower to $995.00. A FIVE dollars discount.

greghansen

But P.T. Barnum said "There's a sucker born every minute".

Actually...he didn't. It was a banker & competitor, David Hannum, who said it. It's an interesting story if you've never read it...

What P.T. Barnum Never Said

baccaruda

I skip any "reedededge" auction. Every coin is "PQ" supposedly, severely overhyped, and GROSSLY overpriced - usually priced outside the realm of believabilty. They haven't yet created a word that describes how badly overpriced those coins are. Let's call them "edge" priced - the edge of sanity.

nwcs

Wow! And I especially like that one since that's my birth year!

relayer

I wouldn't pay a premium for any coin that toned during my lifetime.

baccaruda

Said about one of their Columbians:

"At a modest multiple of 15 times bid, the collector who buys this (in our eyes) is far wiser than the one who buys a white counterpart for $150."

Is there a single person in the universe who would actually bid on one of their auctions after reading this horse-puckey?

NoGvmnt

Directly from the Auction: "THE BULL MARKET CONTINUES!" Emphasis on "BULL".

It is a pretty coin, but $1,000.00 pretty? I could purchase a much more significant, classic for that amount of scratch.

Jim