RYK is making me crazy with oranged gold coins-- is this coin oranged?

Longacre

RYK has an excellent eye for coins. Lately he has been identifying some gold coins that are oranged. I saw this coin that I think is very attractive. Does anyone know if this coin has been oranged? It has some fairly bold color, so I am not sure. I understand that you cannot tell for sure from a picture, but I was curious.

ER

yes

RYK

I doubt it but cannot tell for sure.

RYK

Recent thread on oranged coins, if you missed it.

keets

observations from the link:

1. fc has a certain degree of truth in his post since blank has admitted to being a disciple of certain dealers.
2. RYK doesn't like to be derided and he doesn't like fc.
3. i wonder if that "oranged" coin sold by RYK was properly described. i'd hate to think that Robert passed along a known problem, that wouldn't be very ethical.
4. what will the Gold Coin Learning Curve, henceforth to be known as the GCLC, next provide us with??

jayboxx

Weren't oranged gold coins due to some type of lacquer being applied, and then when cleaned off showing the new colors?

Longacre

<< <i>Weren't oranged gold coins due to some type of lacquer being applied, and then when cleaned off showing the new colors? >>




Perhaps if it was an Indian gold coin.

mhammerman

RYK's post was so timely. I saw a ms 62 $5 buffalo (can't find it now) on heritage last week in a modern tpg holder. The coin was orange, not orange gold, not sunset gold...ORANGE. The fields were very clean (maybe too clean), I was looking at it and looked at the immaculate fields and tpg holder and nice strike and it was kind of like when you have that 6th sense that won't let you go but the technical parts of the coin looked good. That coin was deep orange and fairly pristine for a 62 how could it be? The good thing was that it didn't go with my collection...too orange, too weird, I didn't want something as goofy as that with the rest of my tribe...he would have been a total outcast. All this was just before RYK's post so now I am grateful for my intuition and grateful to RYK and others that have commented on this new gimmic to squeeze some premium buks from a dog coin. Don't buy orange gold...buy gold gold, yeah!

Good on 'ya RYK, et al!

RYK

i wonder if that "oranged" coin sold by RYK was properly described. i'd hate to think that Robert passed along a known problem, that wouldn't be very ethical.

I bought the coin from a national dealer. I did not recognize it as having been oranged. I sold the coin to another national dealer, who recognized it as having been oranged, informed me, and wholesaled it out.

keets

is that when you first started to inquire about the appearance??

ABC123

Rely on the opinion of PCGS ! Don't Think---Thinking Hurts the Team !

mhammerman

Ahhhh...here it is!