A Toned Beauty From Russ.............
JMOORE
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Bought this one from Russ off eBay.
Thanks Russ
Jim
Thanks Russ
Jim
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This is good news, since alot of NT coins have wild patterns that sometimes look AT at first glance.
I can attest that a variety of toning patterns WILL make it into PCGS holders . . .I just got my 2001, 2, and 3s back last week (I posted the grades then). I now have a full date run of business strikes with a variety of duplicates . . . batting 100% on PCGS with 30/30 over three separate submissions. Primarily the toning is similar to the posted image . . . although mine seem to be a bit more electric (indigo rims and harvest gold centers for the most part). I have one or two with the 'olive/flat blue' look of the above scan . . . and a couple monochromatic (1 blue and a couple brilliant orange/gold). ALL of them have made it into holders . . . it seems if the 'look' is right, there is no problem at all. The primary look they seem to go for comes from the 'Snap'Fit' holder concentric/bullseye/target type toning . . . I guess it's as natural as you're bound to get on a 2000-2003 SAE! Many of these get brought back into shops due to 'tarnishing' in the Snap-Fits (graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.).
Good question . . .what is 'natural' and what is 'AT'? Can a 2003 SAE have natural toning? I'm not sure of the answers to those questions, but mine are now in hand . . . I'll see if I can figure out how to post images sometime.
Drunner