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Rob85635Rob85635 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭
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PCGS slabbed gold plated kennedy?

Sounds like the seller knows what they are talking about but it has to be toned right? If it is, that is some sure even gold looking toning.

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  • IRCWCoinsIRCWCoins Posts: 895 ✭✭
    That is obviously not gold plated. There would be no luster on a gold plated one.
  • JoeLewisJoeLewis Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭✭
    NT







    no wait, AT







    Hold on, definitely NT












    Oh crap, it's certainly AT!

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,784 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That is obviously not gold plated. There would be no luster on a gold plated one. >>



    Proof coins have luster?
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  • IRCWCoinsIRCWCoins Posts: 895 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>That is obviously not gold plated. There would be no luster on a gold plated one. >>



    Proof coins have luster?
    image >>



    Luster is caused by flow lines. All dies including proof dies will develop flow lines if they are used long enough.
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  • foxxzefoxxze Posts: 361


    << <i>

    << <i>That is obviously not gold plated. There would be no luster on a gold plated one. >>



    Proof coins have luster?

    image >>





    wow Pat .......I guess sometimes we all say goofy things ! image
  • SeaEagleCoinsSeaEagleCoins Posts: 3,262 ✭
    ...wait a minute... where's Russ? Calling Russ !! What is his opinion I wonder...image


    ...maybe you need to add "Kennedy Half" to the thread title...image
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image Just keeps getting better and better.... image Cheers, RickO
  • dtkk49adtkk49a Posts: 2,490 ✭✭✭
    Looks like a KAYTSOK special at first glance.

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  • Rob85635Rob85635 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭


    << <i>...maybe you need to add "Kennedy Half" to the thread title... >>


    done
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  • SpaceMonkeySpaceMonkey Posts: 3,311 ✭
    image
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  • jmj3esqjmj3esq Posts: 5,421 ✭
    I have seen many proof Kennedys tone gold like that.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have an entire album collection and many slabs... and some proof sets.... NOTHING LOOKS LIKE THAT.... of course, anything is possible with today's 'technology'... Cheers, RickO
  • jmj3esqjmj3esq Posts: 5,421 ✭
    Ricko, it all has to do with how they are stored. I have a local dealer who stores them in 2x2 cardboard flips in the soft plastic binder pages. Many are toned gold like the one pictured above. Most of the gold toned ones are proofs too.
  • BurksBurks Posts: 1,103 ✭
    Another "wonder" coin from that seller......

    Wow.
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  • ArgentumRexArgentumRex Posts: 620 ✭
    So is the seller saying that it's gold plated or not? I don't understand what the mumbo-jumbo in the auction is supposed to mean.
  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,913 ✭✭✭✭✭
    HELP!!!!!! Calling Russ!!!!!!!!image
  • LickThoseStampsLickThoseStamps Posts: 1,028 ✭


    << <i>I have a local dealer who stores them in 2x2 cardboard flips in the soft plastic binder pages. Many are toned gold like the one pictured above. Most of the gold toned ones are proofs too. >>



    Is he an older gentlemen who likes to trade them for blast white coins?
  • Newcomp103Newcomp103 Posts: 2,223 ✭
    I asked a question regarding a "golden toned" Kennedy I saw in Atlanta last year ...it was a 1981-S Type 2 Proof 68 DCAM in a PCGS holder...but the "brassy" color of that one looks a lot different than the one you are asking about!

    Here is the link to the other post...although I did not receive a lot of answers!



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  • planetsteveplanetsteve Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭✭
    Against my better judgment, I think I could actually like the Kennedy half.

    I got to browsing the rest of the seller's auctions, though, and would somebody PLEASE tell me how this Heritage Connecticut becomes this Pea(forbidden word) auction. I understand the saturation button, but WOW, I mean WOW... what does this coin really look like? Does Heritage run desaturated photos? Does Pea(forbidden word) hand-color theirs?
  • DeadhorseDeadhorse Posts: 3,720 ✭
    I can't believe that coin wasn't bodybagged for accelerated toning.

    Either the picture is juiced up severly or this guy is AT'ing them in the slab. Yes, it can be done fairly easily. The trick is geting it to look good as opposed to a darkened mess. Then again, it may turn black in the holder in a few months. I've seen that happen, though it was an ANACs slab in that case.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,816 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pat, that is one kick@$$ Hairyhead.

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  • BruceswarBruceswar Posts: 2,869


    << <i>I can't believe that coin wasn't bodybagged for accelerated toning.

    Either the picture is juiced up severly or this guy is AT'ing them in the slab. Yes, it can be done fairly easily. The trick is geting it to look good as opposed to a darkened mess. Then again, it may turn black in the holder in a few months. I've seen that happen, though it was an ANACs slab in that case. >>



    Are you nuts??? This guy you speak of is a toning nut and a forum member. He has even responded in this thread. This coin is 100% NT. Hello folks! This coin comes from the 90% silver era. Did we forget that?? I have seen many coins toned just like this one in holders. I guess all of those are quote "AT" as well. Some people need to wake up and hit the books. This is not directed at the poster I qouted, but in general. As for the seller AT'ing coins in the slabs, you are nuts.

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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    NT but definitely not my cup of tea even if I collected the series. The seller has nicely toned ones IMO here and there and that isn't one. Well, those aesthetics are going to vary from person to person. Hell, someone was looking for pics of those ugly black Morgans the other day too. Different strokes....
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  • WritersblockWritersblock Posts: 1,196 ✭


    << <i><< That is obviously not gold plated. There would be no luster on a gold plated one. >>

    Proof coins have luster?
    >>

    Luster is caused by flow lines. All dies including proof dies will develop flow lines if they are used long enough. >>


    But once they start showing "luster" rather than their normal smooth mirror surfaces, they are retired. (That is why most modern proof dies have use lives of less than 4,000 coins.) So as a general rule, no proof coins do NOT have luster.
  • fishcookerfishcooker Posts: 3,446 ✭✭

    I've got a gold plated Ike that looks great!
  • ttownttown Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I've got a gold plated Ike that looks great! >>



    Me too, I got in in a scrape silver deal and all this time I've been worried if someone would reject it because it was gold platedimage

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