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direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
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And she comes home with this. She doesnt know much about coins but she loves toners. Said she thought for $10 it couldnt be that bad of a deal. The toning might not be for everyone but I liked it when I saw it.


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I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


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  • InditonkaInditonka Posts: 439 ✭✭✭
    Very cool wife! image
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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    End roll toned is cool.
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  • EdscoinEdscoin Posts: 2,028 ✭✭✭
    Nice Coin, Great Wife you got there.image
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  • malachi555malachi555 Posts: 365
    Wow! Which flea market was that? I wouldn't think PCGS would be a marketable brand at a flea market
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    Hey, for $10 I'm a fan of that everyday.

    Do you think it could 66?
  • direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
    A little flea market set up off I-24 called traders market. Its an indoor one there year round. I'm not sure what seller she got it off of. We both went the last weekend and we picked up a few coins from various vendors then but nothing was slabbed.

    There were several PCGS and NCG slabs around when we were both there last weekend but nothing caught my eye as a great deal.

    She said the seller didn't like the toning and told her he was taking a loss on the coin.

    She's happy to see "her" coin getting such nice comments from everyone. image
    I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

    You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not bad for ten bucks!
  • dlairsondlairson Posts: 13
    I know this will set off a firestorm, and that is not my real intention, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how that coin grades at MS65. I like the toning, but the grading standards for MS65 include original mint luster, which I have a hard time seeing. The reverse looks beautiful but the obverse not so much...
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  • ColquhounColquhoun Posts: 545 ✭
    only thing my wife ever brings home is 1500 dutch bulbs and a request for me to put 1500 holes in the yard. lol Very nice love the end roll toning.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't like the toning, personally, much less the fingerprint, but ten bucks for a slabbed silver toner ain't bad, I suppose.

    I'm just envious of you for having a wife who actually appreciates coins and would buy one herself, for more than face value!

    You're in a very small, lucky minority there!

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The price was less than a grading fee (could have been a free submittal of course)... the coin itself would be gorgeous after a dip.. image Cheers, RickO
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I know this will set off a firestorm, and that is not my real intention, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how that coin grades at MS65. I like the toning, but the grading standards for MS65 include original mint luster, which I have a hard time seeing. The reverse looks beautiful but the obverse not so much... >>



    Hey, I'm Joe and I feel very much the same as you do as far as grading a coin is concerned. But for ten bucks, there ain't much to complain about. Someone probably spent close to twenty $ to get it slabbed. If they grade higher than a 66 with toning is when I have a problem with grades.

    Now that might set off a firestorm image
  • direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
    As I was saying in my original post. I know toning isn't for everyone (although I also like this one). But can say for sure this coin will never be dipped. She was too proud of her little pickup at the flea market. If I were to dip this coin the next time I said "honey I bought (insert coin here) off eBay" I'd probably get shot.

    I picked up a few toners of my own recently but usually refrain from posting them because it can sometimes be hard to tell AT from NT. But this was one of the few instances when even if someone doesnt like toning I think that everyone can agree that it was toned in the roll.
    I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

    You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>And she comes home with this. She doesnt know much about coins but she loves toners. Said she thought for $10 it couldnt be that bad of a deal. The toning might not be for everyone but I liked it when I saw it.


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    You have a great wife. She knows a deal when she sees it ! I would have probably snatched it up for that price, too.
  • asinasin Posts: 336
    Good for you. I have a good wife to.
  • DJCoinzDJCoinz Posts: 3,856 ✭
    Nice coin! I would've definitely picked it up for $10. image BTW, I do like that toning and it looks every bit of a 65.
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  • dac076dac076 Posts: 817 ✭
    You're a lucky man. When my wife goes shopping, she comes home with shoes. At least your half dollar will still be worth $10 tomorrow!
  • pmacpmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭
    It would be interesting what 'coinferengi' (sp) has to say.
    Paul
  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations to your wife! You are a lucky man.
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  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I know this will set off a firestorm, and that is not my real intention, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how that coin grades at MS65. I like the toning, but the grading standards for MS65 include original mint luster, which I have a hard time seeing. The reverse looks beautiful but the obverse not so much... >>



    You can't just that from a picture. Lighting to get the toning right might not show any luster. I'd bet that the luster on the obverse looks just like the luster on the reverse.
  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    Nice snag. I'd snag that one for a sawbuck any day...
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