Rediscovered a Morgan that I forgot I had

kimber45ACP

Thought I would image it.
Can't see it to well on the full image, but there is toning on top of the date and
stars between the date and the letter M. I've never seen toning only on the top of the numbers/letters before.
What causes this?

Timbuk3

Very nice !!!

Meltdown

That's a clean looking morgan!

LanceNewmanOCC

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the "toning" is from the grease/sawdust combo with exposure to environmental compounds - most of the time natural and accepted by the TPGs

the more dollars you look at the more you realize the grease/sawdust/toning trio is simply inconsistent because the dies/planchets weren't covered completely

for every coin.

i personally give coins with a lot of grease/sawdust combo the highest rating since they have not been monkeyed with by people the majority of the time.

a lot of dipped coins will not exhibit that stuff because it gets removed unfortunately.
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ricko

Lance is correct... Nice looking Morgan overall. Cheers, RickO

coindeuce

LNOCC - please share with the forum your knowledge / source of the comment regarding toning caused by "grease/sawdust combo"
Where is this supposed exposure to Morgans documented ?

Type2

Very nice.