Two super-awesome toned lincolns and a Sac... including a neon Steelie!!!

airplanenut

I photographed these for RedBimmer (he's going to break the silence and start posting all the time soon )... they are both very lustrous and awesomely toned pieces--the steelie being the coolest I've ever seen. I won't do a guess the grade, because I was too lazy to change the file names

1943 NGC MS67







1956-D NGC MS66*






NGC MS65







Enjoy!!!

Jeremy

puff

Great pics Jeremy!

stman

Nice, and your pics are getting much better quality.

airplanenut

Thanks for the compliments Should I mention that these are really compressed, so the regular versions are even better?

RedBimmer

thanks for imaging the coins, airplanenut!!

I'm interested in hearing what people's opinions on the 1943 might be. Has anyone ever seen these with toning like that? AT? NT?

Thank You to all who care to respond!

Rob

airplanenut

come on, people... we need opinions!

Dennis88

Those Lincolns are really

Dennis

airplanenut

one last try to get opinions!

CoinAddict

That steel cent is sweet. Those are great pictures, Jeremy.

pmh1nic

Nice coins and great pictures

JrGMan2004

I like it! Coolness Factor of 10 for the Steelie! Great coins and pics!

jonesy

Beautiful Pics!! That steelie ain't a 67 though. It's a 66.

airplanenut

<< <i>Beautiful Pics!! That steelie ain't a 67 though. It's a 66. >>

Trust me... I know a number when I see it

jonesy

The "O" is weak and the PLUR looks weak. Is that how it looks or is it just the pic???

chiefbob

OK. You want an opinion? Here it is:

SUPER COOL COINS, JEREMY!

Bob

PS: thanks for not including the full-blown images. You might have shut down the CU forum bandwidth!

PPS: can zinc tone? I thought it would only oxidize. Chemistry folks?

airplanenut

<< <i>PS: thanks for not including the full-blown images. You might have shut down the CU forum bandwidth! >>

Full blown ones are 1.5 megs each



<< <i>The "O" is weak and the PLUR looks weak. Is that how it looks or is it just the pic??? >>

They are a little weak--does it make a difference that it was graded quite a few years ago (fatty slab)? Maybe the color gave a boost?

RedBimmer

well, airplanenut is certainly de man with the camera! The photos are veeerrrry accurate.

Jonesy, it very well may be a 66, but I've never seen another with toning like that, and I didn't pay 67 $$ for it, so I'm very happy with it. I'm trying to find it's D & S counterparts, to no avail thus far

I'm really wondering if that coin toned naturally or maybe even if the slab caused that type of toning. Who's the guy with, "Hey! watch out for those rattlers and no line NGC fatties" in his sig line? Maybe he knows something about this


Chiefbob, thanks for putting out the call to the chemistry experts as well, maybe one will swing in here and offer their opinion, as I would definitely appreciate it.

Thanks to all who posted!!

Rob

airplanenut

<< <i>PPS: can zinc tone? I thought it would only oxidize. Chemistry folks? >>

I have spoken with my father, a PhD. in organic chemisty...

Zinc can tarnish with sulfur in the air, making zinc sulfide, which is generally dark. However, if the layers (we're talking super-thin here) are arranged in certain ways, light can hit the layers, and certain colors can negate each other, leaving only another color. For example, if the reds negate, you might only see green in a certain spot where, if nothing cancelled, you'd see a dark mixture of green and red...

Thus, it is possible that these colors are simply caused by layers counteracting each other, leaving neon behind.

Jeremy

RedBimmer

Very cool Jeremy!

I think I understand

reflections and refractions, right?

Rob

lordmarcovan

Toned Sac dollars do little for me (prefer 'em shiny-gold-lookin'), but I gotta say you have yourself some very sweet-lookin' Lincolns there!

airplanenut

<< <i>reflections and refractions, right? >>

I think so ... I'm the engineer, not chemist

wingedliberty

Great photography and great coins.