New Indian Gold purchase

MPLunatic

What do you think of my newest purchase? Looks very nice in hand, is toned fire orange with alot of purple shades.

TomB

How is the white balance on that image?

Bustman

Tom,
White balance looks correct based on the way the slab looks.

TomB

The slab image was added after my comment, but that was a good point.

TwoSides2aCoin

I like the deep orange, but the hand oils that smudge is not attactive to me. I do not think it's bad, but it does detract a little bit in photos, but probably not as much in hand. On the bright side it's gold !

I once had a coin like that and Laura said it was "funky". I thought she was just being "HIP".

adamlaneus

I think it would be interesting to photograph with serious lighting and lenses. The colors look very interesting!

MPLunatic

Coin looks much better in hand than pictures would suggest, they are the sellers images, I will try to post better pictures.

ricko

That is not the way I prefer my gold.... it has lost the allure... Cheers, RickO

PerryHall

Great looking coin! Not like all the dipped out gold you seem to see these days.

njcoincrank

Can any of my former students from the ANA's summer seminar, advanced coin grading and problem coins class, explain what is going on with this coin?

njcoincrank

etexmike

A little dark for my tastes, but nice enough.

And, it is gold.

-------------

etexmike

MPLunatic

It is my opinion that the coin toned because of the improper mixing of copper in the coin. As gold coins don't usually tone.

DaveG

njcoincrank,

Since no one else is stepping forward, please tell us!

Longacre

<< <i>njcoincrank,

Since no one else is stepping forward, please tell us! >>




I second that request.

BECOKA

<< <i>

<< <i>njcoincrank,

Since no one else is stepping forward, please tell us! >>




I second that request. >>



I third that, especially because I really like these copper toned AU coins.

fc

was it puttied? the grayish areas are a concern?

i have to admit at first glance it looks really nice!
i like the copperish look to it.

njcoincrank

While it is virtually impossible to tell just exactly what is going on with a coin via a photo, there are those times when you seem to know what is going on. From my limited knowledge I would say that this coin was puttied before it was submitted to the grading service. As the years passed and the putty solidified it took on the appearance of a white film on the coin. Unlike some of the doctoring done today, this form of doctoring is easily reversed. Just a quick dip and it comes off.

Interestingly enough, it appears that the coin is actually better than the grade on the slab. I might well be. I have bought several coins like this and removed the putty. Many, not all though, went up in grade.

So there you have it. Come to the summer seminar and learn more!

njcoincrank

DaveG

OK, I'll bite - if the coins (in general) went up in grade after the putty was removed, then why, in your opinion, was the putty applied in the first place?

fc

<< <i>OK, I'll bite - if the coins (in general) went up in grade after the putty was removed, then why, in your opinion, was the putty applied in the first place? >>



standards changed from when pcgs first started.
if you assume they were very tight back then without the putty
the coin may very well have gotten a 45-50.

with todays coin ranking, an eye appealing coin, may very well snag
a 55.. thus an upgrade.

it takes time for putty to change colors and thus grading standards
have had time to change.

my guess.

njcoincrank

DaveG,

Perhaps we can discuss the finer points of grading and its history over a soda. Parsippany perhaps?

njcoincrank