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The worst AT job I have ever seen....EVER.

WOW.

But hey, the seller says it's not AT, so I'm sure PCGS would slab it! image



-Paul
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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 35,743 ✭✭✭✭✭
    THERE ARE NO CHEMICALS ON THIS COIN

    who said anything about chemicals?
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,929 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Frigg'n blinding! Straight from a proof set!

    Where's that stupid turnip truck I fell off?

    Not a chance those pics are juiced, 'eh?

    bob

    Oh, two negatives for painted on toning.
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wonder if he soaked it in p!ss to get that?
    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    He has other similar looking coins, so I sent him a message, as follows:

    "Curiously, are you artificially toning your coins or buying them from someone else who has done so? Either way, your listings are now the subject of discussion on a coin discussion forum, frequented by thousands of collectors and dealers. And please don't tell me your coins are naturally toned - I am a dealer of 30 years and a former NGC grader." image

    Darn, I wish I hadn't used the word "discussion twice"
    image
  • when i see a coin being ebay`d like that i always have to check sellers other items....
    yup, i figured. he/she/it has plenty more where that came from.
    pretty funny i think.

  • coinkid855coinkid855 Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭


    << <i>He has other similar looking coins, so I sent him a message, as follows:

    "Curiously, are you artificially toning your coins or buying them from someone else who has done so? Either way, your listings are now the subject of discussion on a coin discussion forum, frequented by thousands of collectors and dealers. And please don't tell me your coins are naturally toned - I am a dealer of 30 years and a former NGC grader." image

    Darn, I wish I hadn't used the word "discussion twice"
    image >>




    Ha, I can't wait to see what they say!


    -Paul
  • ha! Mark- i wanted to email that seller too to ask the obvious
    `how do you tone your coins? just curious`

    probably would get a nasty reply knowing these type of sellers
  • coinkid855coinkid855 Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭
    I just sent an email too:

    "Your coins are awesome! I was just curious, how do you get such great colors on them?"


    Let's see what he says! image


    -Paul
  • ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭
    There is a seller here in the Phoenix area that has similar coins. To be honest, I have not searched the bay for coins in so long I cannot remember their Ebay name......but you'll know them if you see them, they also sell rocks and minerals.
    " YOU SUCK " Awarded 5/18/08
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    Well, I give him credit for his candor in his reply:

    "I CAN NOT TELL A LIE I TONE MY OWN COINS WITH OUT USING ANY CHEMICALS WHAT SO EVER IN AN ALL NATURAL INVIROMENT SEND ONE TO ANY LAB IN THE WORLD THEY WILL COME BACK CLEAN I AM A COIN COLLECTOR OF MANY YEARS MY GRANDFATHER GOT ME COLLECTING COINS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I AM NOW 56 WITH THOUSANDS OF COIN IN MY OWN COLLECTION MY GRAND FATHER WAS A BLACK SMITH AN USED TO MARK ALL HIS LARGER COINS MORGANS AN WHAT EVER. I USE HIS METHOD THAT I WAS TAUGHT BY HIM FORTY YEARS AGO SO YES I DO TONE MY COINS MOSTLY BECAUSE COIN COLLECTING IS VERY BORING THE COLORS SPRUCE THINGS UP AN I DO NOT CHARGE A LOT FOR MY COINS THANKS FOR LOOKING.."
  • ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭
    LOL, thats awesome Mark :-)
    " YOU SUCK " Awarded 5/18/08
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,929 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Well, I give him credit for his candor in his reply:

    "I CAN NOT TELL A LIE I TONE MY OWN COINS WITH OUT USING ANY CHEMICALS WHAT SO EVER IN AN ALL NATURAL INVIROMENT SEND ONE TO ANY LAB IN THE WORLD THEY WILL COME BACK CLEAN I AM A COIN COLLECTOR OF MANY YEARS MY GRANDFATHER GOT ME COLLECTING COINS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I AM NOW 56 WITH THOUSANDS OF COIN IN MY OWN COLLECTION MY GRAND FATHER WAS A BLACK SMITH AN USED TO MARK ALL HIS LARGER COINS MORGANS AN WHAT EVER. I USE HIS METHOD THAT I WAS TAUGHT BY HIM FORTY YEARS AGO SO YES I DO TONE MY COINS MOSTLY BECAUSE COIN COLLECTING IS VERY BORING THE COLORS SPRUCE THINGS UP AN I DO NOT CHARGE A LOT FOR MY COINS THANKS FOR LOOKING.." >>



    Hmmmmm, dont' blacksmiths use a bit of heat???? Throw that puppy in the furnace for 10 seconds
    at 2800 degrees and you are bound to get some color...

    bob
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • coinkid855coinkid855 Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭
    Just got this reply:

    "NOT GIVING AWAY ANY SECERETS BUT WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING I WAS TAUGHT BY MY GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A BLACK SMITH THANKS FOR LOOKING DICK C."



    So yeah, lots of heat.



    -Paul
  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,531 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WOW is right.
    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners. :smile:
  • image

    his coins are `CLEAN`

    image
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Darn, I wish I hadn't used the word "discussion twice"
    image >>

    Mark, you are quite the perfectionist when it comes to grammar and prose. I like your style. I've found someone more anal than I.
    Lance.
  • Learned his method 40 years ago so how many monster AT toners do you suppose he is responsible for?
    Forty years ago ? I am guessing zippo toning.
    Give the laziest man the toughest job and he will find the easiest way to get it done.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Well, I give him credit for his candor in his reply:

    "I CAN NOT TELL A LIE I TONE MY OWN COINS WITH OUT USING ANY CHEMICALS WHAT SO EVER IN AN ALL NATURAL INVIROMENT SEND ONE TO ANY LAB IN THE WORLD THEY WILL COME BACK CLEAN I AM A COIN COLLECTOR OF MANY YEARS MY GRANDFATHER GOT ME COLLECTING COINS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I AM NOW 56 WITH THOUSANDS OF COIN IN MY OWN COLLECTION MY GRAND FATHER WAS A BLACK SMITH AN USED TO MARK ALL HIS LARGER COINS MORGANS AN WHAT EVER. I USE HIS METHOD THAT I WAS TAUGHT BY HIM FORTY YEARS AGO SO YES I DO TONE MY COINS MOSTLY BECAUSE COIN COLLECTING IS VERY BORING THE COLORS SPRUCE THINGS UP AN I DO NOT CHARGE A LOT FOR MY COINS THANKS FOR LOOKING.." >>



    AOL user?

    Russ, NCNE
  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
    Cosmic I sayimage
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  • One word comes to mind here.

    Blowtorch.
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  • << <i>

    << <i>Well, I give him credit for his candor in his reply:

    "I CAN NOT TELL A LIE I TONE MY OWN COINS WITH OUT USING ANY CHEMICALS WHAT SO EVER IN AN ALL NATURAL INVIROMENT SEND ONE TO ANY LAB IN THE WORLD THEY WILL COME BACK CLEAN I AM A COIN COLLECTOR OF MANY YEARS MY GRANDFATHER GOT ME COLLECTING COINS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I AM NOW 56 WITH THOUSANDS OF COIN IN MY OWN COLLECTION MY GRAND FATHER WAS A BLACK SMITH AN USED TO MARK ALL HIS LARGER COINS MORGANS AN WHAT EVER. I USE HIS METHOD THAT I WAS TAUGHT BY HIM FORTY YEARS AGO SO YES I DO TONE MY COINS MOSTLY BECAUSE COIN COLLECTING IS VERY BORING THE COLORS SPRUCE THINGS UP AN I DO NOT CHARGE A LOT FOR MY COINS THANKS FOR LOOKING.." >>



    AOL user?

    Russ, NCNE >>



    Actually no. A lot of old timers tend to type with the caps lock on. My father included who is ancient. Just sayin'. / image Er, now that I got that stereotype comment out of the way. . . I kind of like the colors. Ha Ha Ha! And I appreciate the guy's honesty.

    Aaron
  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    a nice dip in the sulfur bath?
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    Buying great coins - monster eye appeal only.
  • MrSpudMrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭
    The last words in his description say "THERE GREAT TONED BY ME"
  • GrivGriv Posts: 2,804
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  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Well, I give him credit for his candor in his reply:

    "I CAN NOT TELL A LIE I TONE MY OWN COINS WITH OUT USING ANY CHEMICALS WHAT SO EVER IN AN ALL NATURAL INVIROMENT SEND ONE TO ANY LAB IN THE WORLD THEY WILL COME BACK CLEAN I AM A COIN COLLECTOR OF MANY YEARS MY GRANDFATHER GOT ME COLLECTING COINS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I AM NOW 56 WITH THOUSANDS OF COIN IN MY OWN COLLECTION MY GRAND FATHER WAS A BLACK SMITH AN USED TO MARK ALL HIS LARGER COINS MORGANS AN WHAT EVER. I USE HIS METHOD THAT I WAS TAUGHT BY HIM FORTY YEARS AGO SO YES I DO TONE MY COINS MOSTLY BECAUSE COIN COLLECTING IS VERY BORING THE COLORS SPRUCE THINGS UP AN I DO NOT CHARGE A LOT FOR MY COINS THANKS FOR LOOKING.." >>



    What's a "INVIROMENT"?

    I guess they didn't teach 'em where the comma, cap lock and period keys are....
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • GrivGriv Posts: 2,804
    Looks like A LOT of people are happy with his coins. I have one myself even more awesome toned than this one, but I assumed it was AT before I bought it.
  • GrivGriv Posts: 2,804


    << <i>Wonder if he soaked it in p!ss to get that? >>


    Nah, that don't work.
  • coinkid855coinkid855 Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Well, I give him credit for his candor in his reply:

    "I CAN NOT TELL A LIE I TONE MY OWN COINS WITH OUT USING ANY CHEMICALS WHAT SO EVER IN AN ALL NATURAL INVIROMENT SEND ONE TO ANY LAB IN THE WORLD THEY WILL COME BACK CLEAN I AM A COIN COLLECTOR OF MANY YEARS MY GRANDFATHER GOT ME COLLECTING COINS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I AM NOW 56 WITH THOUSANDS OF COIN IN MY OWN COLLECTION MY GRAND FATHER WAS A BLACK SMITH AN USED TO MARK ALL HIS LARGER COINS MORGANS AN WHAT EVER. I USE HIS METHOD THAT I WAS TAUGHT BY HIM FORTY YEARS AGO SO YES I DO TONE MY COINS MOSTLY BECAUSE COIN COLLECTING IS VERY BORING THE COLORS SPRUCE THINGS UP AN I DO NOT CHARGE A LOT FOR MY COINS THANKS FOR LOOKING.." >>



    What's a "INVIROMENT"?

    I guess they didn't teach 'em where the comma, cap lock and period keys are.... >>




    You should have used "an" there. image


    -Paul
  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,619 ✭✭✭✭✭
    His coins look like pocketchange found on the ground at Woodstock.

    No Way Out: Stimulus and Money Printing Are the Only Path Left

  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭


    << <i>WORKS OF ART TAKE THE HALEY CHALENGE LAY OUT ONE OF THESE GORGEOUS COINS THEN PLACE A PROOF COIN NEXT TO IT SHOW TO A FREIND HE WILL PICK UP THE RAINBOW TONED COIN EVERY TIME THERE GREAT TONED BYME >>



    I really think that this thread and those coins have damaged my brain.

    Further.
  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭
    Did he/she use Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, or Crayons???
    PCGS Currency: HOF 2013, Best Low Ball Set 2009-2014, 2016, 2018. Appreciation Award 2015, Best Showcase 2018, Numerous others.
  • looks legit to me
  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Well, I give him credit for his candor in his reply:

    "I CAN NOT TELL A LIE I TONE MY OWN COINS WITH OUT USING ANY CHEMICALS WHAT SO EVER IN AN ALL NATURAL INVIROMENT SEND ONE TO ANY LAB IN THE WORLD THEY WILL COME BACK CLEAN I AM A COIN COLLECTOR OF MANY YEARS MY GRANDFATHER GOT ME COLLECTING COINS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I AM NOW 56 WITH THOUSANDS OF COIN IN MY OWN COLLECTION MY GRAND FATHER WAS A BLACK SMITH AN USED TO MARK ALL HIS LARGER COINS MORGANS AN WHAT EVER. I USE HIS METHOD THAT I WAS TAUGHT BY HIM FORTY YEARS AGO SO YES I DO TONE MY COINS MOSTLY BECAUSE COIN COLLECTING IS VERY BORING THE COLORS SPRUCE THINGS UP AN I DO NOT CHARGE A LOT FOR MY COINS THANKS FOR LOOKING.." >>



    AOL user?

    Russ, NCNE >>



    WEB T.V.
  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Did he/she use Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, or Crayons??? >>



    None of the above: the seller randomly melted Hollywood gel lenses on them.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,815 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>MY GRAND FATHER WAS A BLACK SMITH AN USED TO MARK ALL HIS LARGER COINS MORGANS AN WHAT EVER. >>



    I wonder how he marked his larger coins. Chop marks?

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  • Not sure when I'll be able to quit laughing at this POS.
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,945 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seems to me the blacksmith part is the giveaway as to what is happening here.

    Heat turns metal many different colors as it warms. He is controlling heat and color change on the coin.


    Whopee


  • << <i>Seems to me the blacksmith part is the giveaway as to what is happening here.

    Heat turns metal many different colors as it warms. He is controlling heat and color change on the coin.


    Whopee >>




    So it's art......He should promo them as original art pieces
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That might burn through the packaging before the buyer receives it image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • delistampsdelistamps Posts: 716 ✭✭✭
    It's an AT factory! Hey, let's hear it for small businesses! LOL
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Honesty is the best policy. image Cheers, RickO
  • and i quote "THERE GREAT TONED BY ME"
  • phehpheh Posts: 1,588
    Wow. That coin was so bad that while I meant to just hit back on the browser, my subconscious just forced my hands to quit the browser.
  • pmacpmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭
    He might use the spell check. also.
    I had originally thought that he had found an old sulfer mine to store his coins.
    Paul
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,945 ✭✭✭✭✭
    itz amazin ho badd teh speling realy is in that add.

    wondir he haz any nickles?
  • CoinCrazyPACoinCrazyPA Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭✭
    If you read his other auctions they state heat toned. Or as he puts and notice he leaves the D off.

    AN WAS HEAT TONED
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Well, I give him credit for his candor in his reply:

    "I CAN NOT TELL A LIE I TONE MY OWN COINS WITH OUT USING ANY CHEMICALS WHAT SO EVER IN AN ALL NATURAL INVIROMENT SEND ONE TO ANY LAB IN THE WORLD THEY WILL COME BACK CLEAN I AM A COIN COLLECTOR OF MANY YEARS MY GRANDFATHER GOT ME COLLECTING COINS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I AM NOW 56 WITH THOUSANDS OF COIN IN MY OWN COLLECTION MY GRAND FATHER WAS A BLACK SMITH AN USED TO MARK ALL HIS LARGER COINS MORGANS AN WHAT EVER. I USE HIS METHOD THAT I WAS TAUGHT BY HIM FORTY YEARS AGO SO YES I DO TONE MY COINS MOSTLY BECAUSE COIN COLLECTING IS VERY BORING THE COLORS SPRUCE THINGS UP AN I DO NOT CHARGE A LOT FOR MY COINS THANKS FOR LOOKING.." >>



    AOL user?

    Russ, NCNE >>



    WEB T.V. >>



    I thought about Web TV, but wasn't sure if they were still around.

    Russ, NCNE
  • phehpheh Posts: 1,588
    You can post images through WebTV?

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    Far Out

    I want it for pocket piece to remind me or the 60s & 70s


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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Honesty is the best policy. Cheers, RickO

    At least he's honestimage And he's very proud of his work!! Black smith....OMG
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

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