Wayte Raymond or '58 Mint Set Cardboard?

Moki

If you were going to help Mother Nature move along in toning some '64 Kennedys, which would you use and why?

Edited to add:
. . . and you wish to get them graded by PCGS afterwards without being BB!

Bochiman

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(the answer really depends on how much you want to help and how quickly.....you could do the "put on top of the hot water tank" or the "put in a muggy attic".....I would put in Wayte or mint set holder....I think the wayte may be a bit quicker but both will likely take years)

Moki

<< <i>I would put in Wayte or mint set holder....I think the wayte may be a bit quicker but both will likely take years) >>


I'm willing to wait some years (and play by the acceptable numismatic rules!) . . . but I'm thinking that the '58 cardboard may produce more spectacular toning. Any thoughts on that?

segoja

Why not try both???

cucamongacoin

In Jan 1999, I put some coins in a '52 cardboard mint set holder, and into a brown manilla envelope, checking them periodically. I used 2 different date Franklins, 2 '45s Mercs, 2 war nickels, 2 '47S quarters, (all nice BU) and left the original lincolns. After nearly ten years, the Mercs toned spectacularly, the quarters wonderfully, the 52 Franklin nice, and the 48 Franklin just charcoaled up. The war nicks just got a little gold around the devices, and the Lincolns looked pretty much the same, mellowed red/brown. There was a gradual increase in the toning year to year. It has been a fun experiment. I think I will submit the Mercs and quarters, to see whether and how they will grade.