wild flourescent purple indian cent.. educate me.. is this original please

classiccoin

i saw this offered for sale on ebay and am soliciting opinions since i think it looks interesting

MikeInFL

I've seen that somewhere before.

FWIW, I think the coin is original, and the photo is enhanced...Mike

ABC123

Beautiful AT***

mgoodm3

Bad photo.

rhedden

Buy it and dip it- then you can be certain of what's been done to it.

coinbuf

IMO the pic has been juiced, between that and all the carbon I'd pass but it may be worth the risk if he has a return policy.

Chris

Blackhawk

Here's the CU forum stand on AT/NT Indian Cents...

If you own it, it's definately AT. If it's owned by a bigger collector or a big dealer, it's NT without a doubt. Now don't post anymore toned Indians unless you meet the above criteria.

michael

no

RKKay

I agree that the pix look juiced and that the carbon, especially on the obverse, would scare me away.

seemyauction

<< <i>Here's the CU forum stand on AT/NT Indian Cents...

If you own it, it's definately AT. If it's owned by a bigger collector or a big dealer, it's NT without a doubt. Now don't post anymore toned Indians unless you meet the above criteria. >>




So true.....

Fairlaneman

Its being offered by a member here. Ask him what the coin is like.

Ken

Myqqy

Its being offered by a member here. Ask him what the coin is like.

Who's that?

MrD

Although the picture looks "juiced" as you say, the picture looks very much like the coin. I offer a 100% money back if someone didn't like it.

buffnut

I purchased a very nice 1916 rainbow toned Buffalo Nickel from Great Toning, and in hand the coin looks exactly like the pictures he posted. An upstanding dealer in my opinion, and I myself wouldn't think twice about purchasing another coin from him. Just my experience, take it for what it's worth

Burks

<< <i>Here's the CU forum stand on AT/NT Indian Cents...

If you own it, it's definately AT. If it's owned by a bigger collector or a big dealer, it's NT without a doubt. Now don't post anymore toned Indians unless you meet the above criteria. >>



Hit the nail on the head.

kryptonitecomics

I think the coin is legit........the way some of these were stored in tissue paper etc caused a lot of funky colors. I also agree that all of the coins I have purchsed from greattoning looked as good if not better in hand. I think it's time for the wild accusations to cease and desist as far as what a coin will look like in hand. If you have seen the coin in hand and can attest to the inaccuracy of the photo then so be it......otherwise you are simply doing damage to a seller reputation.

MrD

Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BobaFett72

that photo is juiced more than Barry Bonds

that being said, its a nice looking coin.

Dog97

Reddish brown tone with some splotchy blue…looks normal to me. I don’t see anything suspicious.

coinguy1

It looks original to me. My guess is also that the obverse color might be the result of impure alloy mix and/or contact with tissue paper or something of that ilk.

MajorDuty

Does MrD = greattoning?

Duh. Never mind. I clicked his sig link.

+1 then.

buffnut

Honestly, I don't see how you could proclaim a photo is "juiced" unless you have seen the coin in hand. That's like saying, "Hey, that woman looks like your grandmother!" When you have never even seen my grandmother.

Unless there is something I'm missing about the photo that would indicate otherwise (what would that be?)

MikeInFL

<< <i>Honestly, I don't see how you could proclaim a photo is "juiced" unless you have seen the coin in hand. That's like saying, "Hey, that woman looks like your grandmother!" When you have never even seen my grandmother.

Unless there is something I'm missing about the photo that would indicate otherwise (what would that be?) >>



Said simply, the "look" of the first photo led me to state the photo looked juiced. The "orange" looks simply too "orange" and the "fuchsia" looked too "fuchsia" -- i.e. saturation looks to be enhanced. Another thing to look for is in the white area of the slab -- if you look closely you will see how there are both light blue and light red pixels -- this is a dead giveaway of either saturation enhancement or digital noise. In this case my sense it is the former.

Spend some time playing with saturation slide in a photo editing software package and I think you'll learn a lot...Mike

MikeInFL

Here's an example, with each photo's saturation increased by 30%:









Pay particular attention to what happens to the "reddish" colors of the IHC and the white of the slab.

Hope this helps...Mike

Fairlaneman

<< <i>

<< <i>Honestly, I don't see how you could proclaim a photo is "juiced" unless you have seen the coin in hand. That's like saying, "Hey, that woman looks like your grandmother!" When you have never even seen my grandmother.

Unless there is something I'm missing about the photo that would indicate otherwise (what would that be?) >>



Said simply, the "look" of the first photo led me to state the photo looked juiced. The "orange" looks simply too "orange" and the "fuchsia" looked too "fuchsia" -- i.e. saturation looks to be enhanced. Another thing to look for is in the white area of the slab -- if you look closely you will see how there are both light blue and light red pixels -- this is a dead giveaway of either saturation enhancement or digital noise. In this case my sense it is the former.

Spend some time playing with saturation slide in a photo editing software package and I think you'll learn a lot...Mike >>



Nice and honest explanation. Personally I think most toned coin photos are juiced to some extent. Low to moderate juice does not bother me at all. Its the obvious juice up that turns me off. I could live with this photo but it is on the edge.

Ken

DIMEMAN

I like the coin. And I have never had anything but NICE coins from greattoning. They have nice coins.