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I was feeling 'blue', now I see this can be a good thing!!!

dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
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Sweet Moses!!!imageimage

I'm feeling blue, just thinking about you ...or the fact that you're not in my collection...imageimage Beautiful coin!image
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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,936 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We're going to have to agree to disagree on this one, DF.
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  • DickyBetzDickyBetz Posts: 3,825
    Looks funky. I've never seen colors like that on a bustie. Maybe one slipped through the cracks??
  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,292 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Islandcoins?
    Is that someone here?image
    Larry

  • jayboxxjayboxx Posts: 1,613 ✭✭
    Looks funky.

    image It is rather odd looking
  • WhizzardWhizzard Posts: 955
    Island Coins

    pass.....


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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Why are there no ohhhhh's & ahhhhhh's over this coin? It's got pretty colors and in a reputable 3rd party holder. I been gone for a year, somebody fill me in. I musta missed something.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • ABC123ABC123 Posts: 2,627
    Beautiful AT*
  • ledzep87ledzep87 Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭
    It looks AT to me.

    Pass.
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  • PetescornerPetescorner Posts: 1,220 ✭✭
    Beautiful colors, PCGS slab. I'll take it! image
  • FoundingFatherFoundingFather Posts: 721
    Come on, can that really be totally natural coloring?
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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,509 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I been gone for a year, somebody fill me in. I musta missed something. >>



    Among other things, this was a good read about blue copper. There are likely more...
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  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    AT all the way.
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,490 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful AT. From the inventory of the largest dealer in Battle Creek toned dollars.

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  • bestclser1bestclser1 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Island Coins has some of the finest toned Morgans in the business as well as other quality type coins.I dont know bust material,but check out the $20 65CAM Gold piece,and some other coins in inventory.Amazing how everyone can now grade,and determine original PCGS coins from pics.image
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not a fan of toning... but that is a marvelous strike... so clearly defined... impressive coin. Cheers, RickO
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Colors are overdone on the pics.
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  • TonedbuffTonedbuff Posts: 1,190
    I'm with dizzyfox on this one - WOWSA I love that coin!
    Looks okay to me, and I love the blue, and the strike. I've enjoyed Island Coins site many times, though not bought from them. I've never seen any reason to believe them anything other than a great seller of high end colorful coins.
    There does seem to be a rather deep paranoia about toned coins these days...

    I'd buy that one (if I had the money) and enjoy looking at it all day long.image
  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Beautiful colors, PCGS slab. I'll take it! image >>



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  • bestclser1bestclser1 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm with dizzyfox on this one - WOWSA I love that coin!
    Looks okay to me, and I love the blue, and the strike. I've enjoyed Island Coins site many times, though not bought from them. I've never seen any reason to believe them anything other than a great seller of high end colorful coins.
    There does seem to be a rather deep paranoia about toned coins these days...

    I'd buy that one (if I had the money) and enjoy looking at it all day long.image >>

    I have done plenty of business with Gary and he is one of the classiest and most honorable dealers around.If you like toned coins,He is up there with Coingame2000,and Larry Shepperd.image
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  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    bestclser1, if it's OK with you I prefer to buy the coin, not the seller/dealerimage. Which in this case would be a big pass. Take care my friend.
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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,160 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Beautiful colors, PCGS slab. I'll take it! image >>

    *cough* ManofCoins *cough*
  • bestclser1bestclser1 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>bestclser1, if it's OK with you I prefer to buy the coin, not the seller/dealerimage. Which in this case would be a big pass. Take care my friend. >>

    I wasnt talking about that particular coin Steve,as you know i am not a bust guy.And of course its OK with me.image
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  • kryptonitecomicskryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭
    I like the coin and respect the seller very much, but it's certainly any collectors right to pass on a coin they are not comfortable with. image
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  • StrikeOutXXXStrikeOutXXX Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice strike with some interesting color. Not sure if I'd add it to my collection, but it would make a very nice conversation piece.

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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

    While I love blue toning, this is a bit much for me.



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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    << I been gone for a year, somebody fill me in. I musta missed something. >>



    <<<Among other things, this was a good read about blue copper. There are likely more...
    LINK>>>

    Wish I could hit the "BACK" button and unread all the threads & PM's sent to me on the subject. Don't know what else to say right now. DAMN!!!!!
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really like that coin...............it's just all that fake blue all over it that would make me pass on it...
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think Gary's a great dealer, but I'm with the naysayers on this particular coin--at least from that picture, it doesn't look right. Perhaps it's the picture, perhaps it's the coin--my eyes don't like it.
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  • FoundingFatherFoundingFather Posts: 721
    What is the difference between buying a coin for it's fake coloring and a stamp that was airbrushed to make it prettier?
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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    That looks funky, ugly, and very AT.... image
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  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭


    << <i>We're going to have to agree to disagree on this one, DF. >>




    TomB, are you disagreeing that it's beautiful, or saying something else?
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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  • GullibleNewbGullibleNewb Posts: 401
    Would be nice to see that one in hand. They jack their Morgan pictures pretty badly, and this might be the same case.
  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    Sorry guys, but many of the responses here are troubling to me.image How can so many say with such perceived authority that it's ATimage
    That, like any, coin must be viewed in hand to come to such a conclusion. I've seen many (and own one) Early Bust with beautiful original blue toning. This example just happens to have a lot of it and I'm taking a non-conclusive guess on it because I have not seen it in-hand, and my guess is that it's just simply a very impressive NT coin. Once you (and I mean 'you' generally speaking throughout) have seen the coin in-hand, then please voice such a conclusive response. Otherwise, your AT (or NT for that matter) opinions are nothing more than speculation, like the rest of us.
    Oh by the way, I've dealt with Gary, and he's #1 in my book in both impressive coin inventory and customer service.image
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  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    This coin would not be welcome in my collection. I think PCGS screwed the pooch on this one.
  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,936 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't like the eye appeal as imaged, pharmer, but have never held the coin in-hand so I really don't know how true to life the image is. However, given this is all I have to go on at the moment, I don't believe it is something I would pursue.
    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭
    OK, so on this one, you're not making an AT/NT comment? That's what I was wondering.
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

    image
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey dizz,
    Not fair to post a coin pic and ask for opinions then cry foul because we are basing our opinions on a pic.......
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Hey dizz,
    Not fair to post a coin pic and ask for opinions then cry foul because we are basing our opinions on a pic....... >>



    Good point.image I need to keep it in its' proper context.image
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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,344 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Island took the pic off their site (or at least the original link no longer works).

    I was hoping to get a look at the coin. image

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