Stop with the Franklin threads!!!! OK....Maybe one more wouldnt hurt.
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... and it does have a fimilar look to it, I just can't put my finger on it.
When I was a child, we never saw multi-colored toned coins. When you saw a coin that was toned, it was the brown/black mold looking substance. Most coins were dipped in the Nozema shaped jar of tarnish remover sold in every coin shop. Are rainbow toned coins an effect of dipping? Are all rainbow toned coins artificial... from a coin folder, stored in napkins, exposed to gases, etc.? Aside from the fact that they weren't sought or collected in the 60s/70s, why are there so many rainbow toned coins now? I recall some attractive orangish proof IHCs from my youth, but I never recall seeing a rainbow toned coin as a child. It seems if I saw a multi-colored coin as a child, it would have been very memorable. I do remember thinking the brown "mold" was unattractive. I can tell you the thousand or so coins I have had stored in a cedar chest, inside jars, ziplock bags, envelopes, etc. have no toning.
The other question is, the areas of your coin that aren't toned... is that from oil residue?
<< <i>Aside from the fact that they weren't sought or collected in the 60s/70s, why are there so many rainbow toned coins now? >>
Because ppl pay ridiculous premiums for them today. I know that there are legitimate rainbow toners but I believe that most of the ones we see these days are AT.
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certainly the quality of a toned coin is a judgement we each make from our own perspective. in the case of this coin i assume it really isn't as light as the flooded pictire tells me it is, although maybe it is. it just doen't appeal to me and i'll make the statement for ricko and say that it needs a bath.
I like it, not sure why. Excellent pics.
All about the pitching
<< <i>well, there are toned coins and there are attractively toned coins. many of what we've been seeing lately with the plethora of Franklin threads are coins which have tone but which aren't necessarily attractive. i think this example is in the latter category. that's the trouble with toned coins that i recognize; the bug can grab hold of you and anything that isn't brilliant takes on an aura of superiority because the Hobby tells us it is "original" or "un-messed with" or "crusty" or "a MONSTER" or any of the other clever way we can string together adjectives.
certainly the quality of a toned coin is a judgement we each make from our own perspective. in the case of this coin i assume it really isn't as light as the flooded pictire tells me it is, although maybe it is. it just doen't appeal to me and i'll make the statement for ricko and say that it needs a bath. >>
I know it isn't for everyone. But I like it.
Pictures are accurate BTW
<< <i>Not ugly, not spectacular, but somewhere in the middle.
I like it, not sure why. Excellent pics.
All about the pitching
Same here, it has a unique look to it
<< <i>I have a question about your toned coin... actually two questions.
When I was a child, we never saw multi-colored toned coins. When you saw a coin that was toned, it was the brown/black mold looking substance. Most coins were dipped in the Nozema shaped jar of tarnish remover sold in every coin shop. Are rainbow toned coins an effect of dipping? Are all rainbow toned coins artificial... from a coin folder, stored in napkins, exposed to gases, etc.? Aside from the fact that they weren't sought or collected in the 60s/70s, why are there so many rainbow toned coins now? I recall some attractive orangish proof IHCs from my youth, but I never recall seeing a rainbow toned coin as a child. It seems if I saw a multi-colored coin as a child, it would have been very memorable. I do remember thinking the brown "mold" was unattractive. I can tell you the thousand or so coins I have had stored in a cedar chest, inside jars, ziplock bags, envelopes, etc. have no toning.
The other question is, the areas of your coin that aren't toned... is that from oil residue? >>
there have always been rainbow toned coins, dealers just never bought them to coin shows because they were unwanted that long ago. People would question the dealers "what are you trying to hide" when they showed toners to people, or so Ive heard