Yet Another [Awesome] Toned Canadian

Darkhorse

Last week when I got my Royal Visit medal the dealer showed me another BC toner. I didn't buy it because I already had one... but the toning just stuck in my head because it was just so cool. So I just bought it.
It has an amazing golden tone but the best part is that the gold tone is apparent at all angles. In some lighting my blue one looks dark, but for the most part in this one the light will catch an aspect of the golden (and I do mean golden) toning.

My blue toned BC dollar has a few hairlines on the reverse ( that aren't apparent in my sig because of the lighting) which may knock the coin to SP66. I'm no micrograder though. This one seems pretty clean though and I'd wager a SP67.

The obverse however is pretty much white with some subtle red streaky toning around the edge and incidentally around the whole of the portrait.

trozau

Beautiful British Columbia

Clankeye

The Golden Glow of a Gorgeous Coin.

Yes, I find that when they stick in your head like that... you better go back and buy them.

Clankeye

ajaan

Phil,
You should ask NEN if they need a coin photograher/scanner. If I had your skills I could double my eBay sales. NICE photos you have.

Darkhorse

What's NEN? I've been seeing this acronym a lot recently.
I probably shouldn't be saying but I'll be taking some photos for JohnZ soon, however this will be a new challenge to me because I'll be taking pictures through plastic and not raw as I usually do. Shoudln't be too rough of a transition.

Coincracker

Gotta like gold tonning.

ajaan

NEN = Northeast Numismatics out of Concorde, MA

Darkhorse

I wouldn't think they'd actively look for photographers.
I'll ask Jeremy about the whole prospect of coin photograph too.

cacheman

Don't let wsm see it, he'll offer you $0.79 for it and then get it slabbed...

1jester

Really, really nice color, DH!

sumnom

I usually am not into toned coins but this one is beautiful.

Fairlaneman

Very Pretty ! Cleaned the dealer out of these ?

Ken

cosmicdebris

Gorgeous color DH.

SYRACUSIAN

What ajaan said. NEN - or any other dealer with poor photography (compared to yours).

Clankeye

Here is a picture of what the coins look like in the cases they were sold in. Note the piece of sponge. These cases are little toning chambers.

cosmicdebris

I can't wait to see what a few liteside coins I have baking in them turn out like.

Darkhorse

I certainly got the best toned coins I could find in this city. I emailed Colonial Acres to see if they had any but they've already been picked out.

My blue toned one seemed to not come with a sponge. I've been thinking of leaving a britannia in one of the cases though, perhaps leaving the case in the bathroom or something so the moisture can also help the reaction.

historygeek

NONONOONOOOOOOOOO! Use junk box silver to experiment with toning ok? Sigh, I know this from experience.

oldshep

I just got my 1971 Canadian cased dollar from Ajaan and it hasn't toned as much as yours but looks like it could. I'm getting more and more to admiring these Canadian dollars.
Shep

Clankeye

Come to the Gray Side, oldshep! Dang it, it's just fun.

Clankeye

oldshep

Clank - I'm afraid I already have one foot mired in the grayside
Shep

laurentyvan

Allright Darkhorse, ever since you've posted the picture of the '71 I've been looking; I can't seem to shake the image you've posted.
I found one blue and one black box British Columbia dollars, the nickel and the silver comm. at $2.50 and $6.00, the '73 RCMP for $6.00 and the '72 silver voyageur for $6.00. The nickel was bright and untoned, the other three are in various shades of blue and purple, red and orange, none nearly as pretty as yours Darkhorse. I was pleased to find them inexpensively.