POLL: Is this 1936 proof Walker artificially toned or naturally toned?

Russ

Russ, NCNE

K6AZ

Either the image or the coin is cooked, and I can't really be sure. I voted for cooked.

Stuart

Russ: I voted for artificially toned -- but it's still a beautiful coin!!

SethChandler

Russ,

Now THAT is a hydrochlorophilious baked potato in the oven at 375 degrees for 45 minutes special.

Seth

rainbowroosie

Scan looks too bright, but the coin looks real toning to me....

eagle7

Who really knows? The graders never know for sure, nor do we. Only the shadow knows, and right now he aint talkin!

BigMoose

I vote NT and I suspect it is in a PCGS or NGC holder.

oldcameoproofsguy

I'd say it looks AT from the scan. I've just never seen yellows that vivid before on a NT Walker. Usually the yellows are more subdued. If there was some brightness and contrast levels adjusted on the image, then perhaps sight seen the yellows don't look as "radioactive." Either way, if it is NT, then WOW, what a toner!

coinfreak499

If it's AT i have to admit they did a good job. (in a bad way but you know what I mean)

ultradmpldollars

NT, probably in a PCGS or NGC holder....

dan1ecu

I'll go with NT. Interesting piece!

Russ

Ooh, cooked started out way ahead and now it's a dead heat at 11 - 11.

Russ, NCNE

Monstavet

I think NT, and image played with to enhance colors.

coinguy1

My guess is that it's naturally toned BUT, that the images are misleading (not true to life) so that it APPEARS to be AT.

If the images are accurate, I vote AT - the colors are wrong for a Proof Walker.

Baley

on a scale where a score of 0 (zero) is completely AT and 100 is completely NT, I give the appearance of this coin about 75% (mostly NT but still a little questionable, as in might have been enhanced or accelerated, difficult to tell. I DO think the image has been significantly enhanced)

Cherwood

Looking at these answers I'd say it's hard to tell. I mean how can a grader know for SURE if a coin is AT???

stujoe

I thought the same thing...the coin looks NT but the picture looks AT.

khayse

>I thought the same thing...the coin looks NT but the picture looks AT

Does that mean you've seen the coin in person?

-KHayse

puff

I vote that it's NT but the image is misleading...... Sort of has some semblence to my PCGS ms68 from the GBW collection here.

SportsModerator

AT

stujoe

<< <i>>I thought the same thing...the coin looks NT but the picture looks AT

Does that mean you've seen the coin in person?

-KHayse >>



Nope.

flyingcougar13

Russ, that's more than a great looking coin! I'll take it either way, but I vote NT. If it's AT that's a good doctor!

Keith

coinkat

I didn't vote... I need to see it in person.

Russ

And, the answer is: It's a PCGS PR67. It's a scan of the dust jacket of the book United States Proof Sets and Mint Sets, (1936-2002) by Bill Gale and Ronald Guth. Just got the book in today.

Russ, NCNE

airplanenut

I think the toning is fake, but I think the big dogs would deem it market acceptable.

nankraut

I wimped out and read everybody else's opinion because I had no idea about the toning. But...this is a very nice post, Russ.

dragon

I think the pic is 'off', but it looks ok to me.

airplanenut, There's no such term as market acceptable.

dragon

zenny

<< <i>

airplanenut, There's no such term as market acceptable.

dragon >>




i suggest that there's actually no such term as "no such term."

Myqqy

So Russ, is this scan of yours very close to the color of the photo on the dust jacket?? It seems very hard to believe that such radioactive yellows could be NT....

Trime

The coin actually meets some of the criteria for NT offered by Bob Campbell at the ANA Summer Seminar. Colors merge from yellow, magenta, blue/green; tone covers the lettering but the third point of sparing the rim in NT is not present in photo.

canadiancoinguy

Looks a bit too funky to be NT, so I'll go with AT

ms70

I still say AT. PCGS bags NT's so it's logical that some AT's made it into their slabs.

sinin1

where's the option for juiced picture which does not look like coin?

pennyannie

The story has been told, but i was going to vote NT. When i saw manofcoins said NT that sealed the deal for me. I like the coin

Prethen

If I was a professional grader, I'd be on the fence but would have to body bag it as AT. I can't believe that some moron would AT a coin like this, though.

BlindedByEgo

Wow... Old thread.

options26

Very old, I almost freaked when I saw Mark Feld post until I saw the date.

UtahCoin

I think NT, but a juiced pic.