Toned coins..post one and/or explain your likes and dislikes.

MadMonk

I've been contemplating the subjective nature of Eye appeal, with toning the main focus. Sort of a market psychology expedition. Here is an example of what I find attractive. I love the first one because of the mutitude of pretty colors. Especially for a 55 FRanklin. The second one (1956) Is a very pretty electric blue with a contrasting rim. Chrome like luster. The last is a very lustrous coins basically pretty golds with hints of blue. Just a very nice coin with no real wow factor, but very good for a Franklin.
If you have a picture of what you like best, please post it.
If you like it or hate it, please explain why. No flames or debates please, just honest opinions.

fivecents

My favorite is the 1957 because of the fantastic underlying luster and nice even color.

My 2nd favorite is the 1955 because of the cressent of wild colors to the left of the coin.

I like the 1956, but it is my least favorite of the three. The luster doesn't look as strong as the other two and the colors are not as dramatic.

kryptonitecomics

I like the rainbow colors on the 1955 the best......the 57 has a nice even mint set toning with good luster as previously mentioned...the 1956 does nothing for me and I would not pay a premium with that type of toning. I do feel it probably looks better in hand though!!!

bushmaster8

Rainbow colors rule, but I like most any toning that is natural and attractive.

Hedger

I love any toned proof Franklin.

Rodius

This Washington is a most beautiful coin. I recently tried to have it graded with PCGS and it came back in a BB. Very dissapointed. The Roosevelt is an example of what I call natural toning, it came out of a fire in my house. BTW the only things that survived the fire was my collection.

whitebuffalo

I prefer the target toners, symmetry. I like to see how the colors enhance the "depth" of the coin. Like in the Buffalo I bought yesterday. The lighter colors are in the foreground, on the mound in particular, and the darker colors are underneath the Buffalo and in the background. If you look at any quality painting, the lighter colors are close and the darker ones are distant. Makes for depth of field. Pronounces the 3-D effect. But the only toners I dont like are artificial (if I can tell the difference) and blotchy ones.

ccr

Bought this a few months ago.

JrGMan2004

A lot of my good toners are currently not in my possesion...

This is making me sad, cause I can only look at their pictures

Well, I do have this Buffalo at PCGS... it has nice album toning, but I'm concerned that there's some ATedness mixed into the album toning... it has this really vibrant blue, and I don't think that's a normal color on Buffs... but, we'll see what PCGS says... and if they say no, I'll try it at NGC

LeeG

Nice Coins shown by all!! This Frankie came in the mail today. The sellers photo showed some great luster. It's not the greatest photo so I wasn't really sure. Plus it had some great amber color. I look for eye appeal, luster, and some color in my coins. I'm not a "Monster Toning" fanatic. I'm showing the sellers photo and three of my pictures using different lighting. Lee


Sellers Photo



My Pictures

mgoodm3

My preferences for toning. I don't like mirrored proofs to be too darkly toned (silver), I think that it covers up the details and starts to get hazy. I love darkly toned copper of all kinds, but some of the proof toned copper can also start to get hazy and I don't like that.

Smittys

Dennis88

Sometimes I do like them, especcially nice rim toning, but I think they are at this point waaaaaay overpriced.

So I keep with white coins

Dennis

eyore

didn't always like toned cions till I saw some of the real beauties posted here. here's a dime end roll my wife found at the bank

whitebuffalo

Found a more subtle toned Washington today. Goes from golden rim to the steel green to a redish purple in the middle, but softly. I like it.

bushmaster8

me likey this one:hotcha!

coinlieutenant

I post this pic alot but it is by far my favorite...

I have yet to find a prettier AU58 half that the 1818...and the 32's arent bad either...

calgolddiver

one of my favorites :




an interesting cal gold toner :

MadMonk

<< <i>Rainbow colors rule, but I like most any toning that is natural and attractive.
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A great example of what I like best. Most of mine that had this type of toning are long gone. I don't
feel too bad about it though, Payed for a nice down payment on a house and car.
I do like Bushmaster's comment that Rainbow colors rule, but liking any toning that is natural
and attrative. That's the rub with this hobby. Coins like this one are tough to find, and hideously
expensive for the average working Joe.
So, and especially with Franklins, some of us set builders do have to settle for natural and attractive.
This is where it pays to really know your series. Then you can make educated judgements
on the merits of a coin, as to how it compares to what is normally available.

darktone

originality and no question NT is what I like. mike

MadMonk

VERY sweet for a 57!

tmot99

We need some smaller toners here. Let's try this...

darktone

again how do you beat originality like this?

paigowjohnny

A face only a mother could love...

MadMonk

<< <i>again how do you beat originality like this?
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Where is the drool emoticon?

darktone

Did I ever show you my really nice ones?

Longacre

I prefer subtle toning, and I really like champagne colored silver.

eyore

here is one I got last year from dlc

ConstellatioCollector

I'm not a big "Toned coin" lover but, I'm getting there....