I am glad I went CHRISTMAS shopping today!!

marmac

My wife and I planned to finish our xmas shopping today rather than fight the weekend madness.She had to stop at a quilt store which is directly across from a little coin and curio shop(I love that fabric store!!).Well long story short this coin left with me!Am I right in assuming this is an example of END ROLL toning? Either way I love it and I have been known to spend fifty bucks on stupider stuff!

Dollars

I like it. I have gotten very fond of toned morgans. Going to have to pick up a common date one

Russ

What is XMAS?

Russ, NCNE

cosmos66

Looks like either bag toning or one big fingerprint on that coin to me ... but it IS a nice one! Good going!

fivecents

It looks like album toning to me, except for the textile toning.

airplanenut

That's album toning with a fingerprint... this is an endroll (note the squared off edges):

clackamas

>>That's album toning with a fingerprint

I think the nut is a little high right now. Yes it very much looks like end roll toning with a finger print.

Very nice coin even with the print. MS66 IMO

marmac

I am under the assumption that this is end roll toned because of the 'squared up ' spot of gold in the middle.The pic doesnt capture it that much but the toning changes or ends very abruptly.As for the finger print?Its character baby...........
Russ XMAS? its everytime I go to the mailbox at there is something other than a bill in there.

marmac

Well at least the finger print is agreed upon.

airplanenut

Ok- maybe endroll... upon first glance, I didn't really see the brown in the middle with the edges... it's a lighter one

Russ

Jeremy,

Endrollers don't always have the sharp geometric pattern evident in your example. Yours is a result of the coin being completely stationary for a long period of time.

Russ, NCNE

tjkillian

Beautiful coin, I do like it

Also, I agree with Russ, it is Christmas.

Tom

grip

Nice looking coin,and sure looks like end roll toning,minus the finger print.

airplanenut

<< <i>Jeremy,

Endrollers don't always have the sharp geometric pattern evident in your example. Yours is a result of the coin being completely stationary for a long period of time.

Russ, NCNE >>

Frankly, I hadn't seen any marks until I looked the second time

marmac

Unfortunately I dont think the "finger print" is clean enough or I would be able to track the person down and Thank him in person.

XpipedreamR

That's a definite fingerprint. I'm usually really anal, but for some reason I don't mind fingerprints like this on toned coins. They look more like antifingerprints to me, just fingerprint-shaped breaks in the toning

marmac

Xpipeddream -thanks,I think.........Fingerprints typically bother me and I shy away from coins that possess them, however this one it just seemed to add more character too. It is an 1887p in an old
pcgs rattler ms64.

MFH

I bet you actually suggest to your wife that she needs to go to the fabric store alot more than she really thinks she does.

There's a really nice coin shop a half a mile away from my work place. I have been known to spend quite a few lunch hours there. The dealer and his wife are the nicest people and although I don't buy a tremendous amount from them, its nice to talk coins with knowledgable people.

Aside from what everyone's saying about that Morgan's signiture print, its beautifully toned.