IKE guys: is this toning pretty in real life??

rainbowroosie

http://cgi.msn.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11981&item=3922960696&rd=1pretty or not??

coinguy89

Hey, I like it, really nice looking.

ursabear

The haze in the color throws it off a bit. For me, I like it. It's unusual (as far as I've seen).

FC57Coins

This is a typical 74S Ike - apparently they switched plastic holders and many toned this way - Personally I just think of them as hazy and don't care for this look.

LanLord

This is an interesting question. I see a lot of brownbox Ikes with bluish haze on them and I am not sure if it's desireable or not.

It's common though

XpipedreamR

Haze

stujoe

If it is anything like my 'Blue Ike', it can look like that in the right light and the right angle but mostly it will just look hazy under most viewing conditions.

Mine:

JR

The color on the '74 Ike is real, but I strongly suspect that the image has been enhanced to show greater contrast. I happen to collect these type of toned Ikes (the '74's are the only year that tends to show the rainbow color you see in the linked auction). I have several toned '74 Ikes with this type of toning, and I'm always on the lookout for others. Thanks for the link.

JR

PS: Blue haze is common on the ’71, ’72, and ’73 Brown Box Ikes. The ‘74’s usually tone, but not usually the attractive (to me at least) rainbow toning the ’74 linked above has. Usually the '74's tone an unattractive brown color around the rims.

Myqqy

If the picture is accurate, then I think it's very attractive. I wonder how stable the toning is, and if it would get hazier and more unattractive with time.....

jcping

Very typical. Go to Austin Texas. Leave the coin in the original government holder inside your car for a day where you park your car under the sun. Remember to close the window. Next day, the coin will look like this one. It is one day toning. Don't know whether this considers AT or NT

doop

nahhhhh, your typical 20 back of bid haze crap.......that hadnt changed, thank Ike almighty........
he has given us a lot of good right along with all the crap........................................................................!

JR

<< <i>Very typical. Go to Austin Texas. Leave the coin in the original government holder inside your car for a day where you park your car under the sun. Remember to close the window. Next day, the coin will look like this one. It is one day toning. Don't know whether this considers AT or NT >>


I'd be a buyer then. How many like that can you come up with?

jcping

Sorry, I did not live in Austin anymore. Honestly speaking, you could do that yourself if you are in the Texas.

JR

<< <i>Sorry, I did not live in Austin anymore. Honestly speaking, you could do that yourself if you are in the Texas. >>


Well, I don't happen to live in Texas, so that’s not gonna work. What do you suppose is in the air in Texas that would cause such unique toning? Methane (large concentrations of it)?

Gandyjai

I live in central Florida,.....I think if I tried that trick, the darned plastic would melt!

I collect these as well. My favorite one is a 74-S that has ZERO haze or toning still in the Govt-issued
holder. I'm hoping it will be worth a premium one day. Hard to go wrong with these....How many
30-year old special Mint-Issued coins (40% Silver) with a mintage of around a million can still be
found for around the SAME price they were issued at almost 30 years ago?!

I am absolutely stink at trying to grade a proof coin, so I don't even try to find 69 DCAMS. Besides,
Proof Ikes have seemed to be in a free-fall for the past couple of years....Don't know why. I like the
ones with color and DDO's and DDR's. The DDO's and DDR's are quite common in 71 and 72 but the
73s and 74s are a little tougher to find.

Gandyjai

MacCoin

good thing because the photo sucks

dorkkarl

awful toning, whether original or not. hate to admit it, but that coin should be dipped.

K S