All you IHC experts-can you look at this IHC?

jayboxx

Since I am fairly new to IHC's, can anyone tell me what the spots are on this coin, and how they are looked upon (bad, good, indifferent)?

Thanks


Link to IHC

airplanenut

They look like toning breaks... and really unattractive ones at that. I don't like the coin.

ddbird

Normally spots on an IHC are carbon spots...unattractive black spots that decrease the value.

Though those dont appear to be carbon spots. It was probably just cuased by an organic matter that cuase different areas to tone different colors.

I actually kind of think that looks pretty wicked cool.

Ill let an expert answer though.

Edited to add...psshhh Jeremy...go back to studying

jayboxx

Thanks-same for this one (not as many spots)? Another link

ddbird

I like the first one better

MikeInFL

Jay, While I'm sure that coins has lots of wonderful colors, the spotting seriously detracts from the eye appeal of this coin. I would hold out for a better example if I were you. They are not easily found (took me almost 2 months of searching to find one I was happy with), but it was worth the wait...Mike

jayboxx

Thanks for your input. Carl, you better hunt me down some more nice IHC's :-)

291fifth

Poor eye appeal. Pass.

shylock

Look in the center of all the field spots. You a see "lump" in almost all of them when you bring the image to closeup resolution -- it's hard to see a Heritage image very clearly but you can bring this one close enough. One of my theories about played with copper includes "spot run off". You dip a copper, you rinse it, and it looks fine for a while. But then the carbon spots start to ooze the dip they absorbed. You're left with a spot surrounded with a halo of lighter toning. To me this is the classic example.

shylock

A closer look at those lumps of verdigris inside the halos of lighter toning. (Looks like a shot of Mars from Surveyor.)

topstuf

jaybox, the most important thing you can learn is to trust your "inner collector." Does this coin make you want it ............or want to ask if anyone else would want it? As soon as you need to know if someone else likes the coin, it's probably the wrong coin for you.
YOU are the only one responsible to PAY for the thing so it better please.....YOUR....eye.

There are a lot of things to learn in coins, but no matter how they're phrased, it will usually boil down to being that if it is pleasing to your eye it will be to others also.

Newmismatist

Neither coin is attractive based on the images

Pushkin

I pick my coins almost exclusively based on eye appeal. I would not purchase either of those IHCs. Toned proof Indians should not only be toned, they should be attractive, IMO.