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Does anyone on earth like this type of (obverse) toning?

Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • stev32kstev32k Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭
    Sorry, but that looks absolutely butt ugly to me. But then I don't much like toned coins in general. Maybe some of the toned coin fans would like it better.
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  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd like the obverse tone if it were like the reverse.
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    mmmm, "original"

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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    The reverse is okay, BUT I LOVE THE OBVERSE! Touches of blue and magenta near the rims with orginal surfaces. Killer toning in my book!

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  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295 ✭
    That's a scan. I suspect the coin will look much better.
  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    Well, I guess I give it points for originality.

    You said you LIKE it? How many meds are you taking anyway? image
  • cdan12cdan12 Posts: 364
    ought to be all right after you dip it.
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    I like the rev better.
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>ought to be all right after you dip it. >>


    NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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  • EJBEJB Posts: 640


    << <i>(other than me?)


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    Dave >>

    Cleaning it is a no-no, so your stuck with it. Eye appeal counts way to much, IMHO.
  • rainbowroosierainbowroosie Posts: 4,874 ✭✭✭✭
    no
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  • tsacchtsacch Posts: 2,929 ✭✭✭
    nothing wrong with it, I have a nice 1915-D Half in similar situation, but more purplish tone..........not too many people like it......cool coin man.
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  • TUMUSSTUMUSS Posts: 2,207 ✭
    Put me down for a no.
  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    Thumbs down.
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No thank you. image

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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    If the primary color is really that grey/brown, then no...... however, if the color is more golden, then it might be very attractive....
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  • MurphyMurphy Posts: 903 ✭
    Did you dig it up from the ground? image It's actually a nice quarter. You should look for "Extra Leaves".
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  • DeadhorseDeadhorse Posts: 3,720 ✭
    Sadly, some folks confuse toned for tarnished.

    I gotta go with a big NO.

    I'd like that coin better dipped than the way it is.
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  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sadly, some folks confuse toned for tarnished.

    And the difference would be.......?

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  • mathprofmathprof Posts: 51
    Personally, I'd send it off to NCS but to each his/her own...
  • DeadhorseDeadhorse Posts: 3,720 ✭


    << <i>Sadly, some folks confuse toned for tarnished.

    And the difference would be.......?

    Dave >>



    Tarnished is generally given to be an unatractive discolorization. The reason people use to have to clean their real silver ware.

    Toned is understood to be a colorization amounting to the colors one sees when the spectrum is broken down by a prism. You know, ROY G. BIV was the way we were taught in grade school.

    One just looks dirty, the other can be strikingly attractive. Compare a rainbow to a dingy gray cloud and you get the concept of what I am saying.

    You don't need to explain the chemical properties and so forth, I am going by what the eye perceives and the human mind finds pleasing.
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    John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭

    "Does anyone on earth like this type of (obverse) toning?" Not me, that's bugly.

    "ought to be all right after you dip it." If you dipped that coin the surface would turn a paste white color due to the depth of toning.

    With the lack of luster on that coin, it belongs in a MS64 slab.
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    HOW BOUT DEM METS!
  • BigGreekBigGreek Posts: 1,090 ✭
    I'd give even odds that this coin looks amazing in-hand.
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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    another reason why "original" isn't always better. besides, i don't think it's even "original" to begin with. it looks to me like it was cleaned/dipped and improperly rinsed quite some time ago and placed in a folder hole.

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  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, it sounds like there are a few sicko’s like me out there (and a whole lot of dippers, which I expected).

    Thanks everyone for your opinion. I appreciate it!

    Dave

    PS Lovely quarter!
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  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    I like the reverse toning. The obverse is not very attractive to me (too streaky). But that's just my opinion. I am sure others would like it.
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  • gemtone65gemtone65 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭
    A coin like this is more "interesting" than it is attractive. Thus, for some, they would be willing to acquire this piece at an MS65 price in preference to a white coin. Most, however, will prefer the white coin.

    I agree with the commenter who said that dipping the coin could make it less attractive, because the "original" toning is so deep. Also, if that toning is not original, dipping the coin could result in a really unpleasant surprise.

    Because it's a type coin, you should be able to obtain a price upon sale comensurate with a white coin. If not, only then would I consider dipping, and then only by having PCGS do it and return the coin to an MS65 holder.

    In short, I think the coin is fine as is, it's different, it's not unattractive, and you should be able to sell it when ready for a fair price.
  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    I'm with the majority here. I don't like it.
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  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

    It looks like the poster child for Jewel Luster image
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  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,811 ✭✭✭
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  • mrdqmrdq Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭
    I like it better than blast white and I like it better than the green purple splotchy crap many people seem to adore for some unnatural reason.



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