Who remembers the kaytsok toned Commems??

keets

There was a dealer/forum member(kaytsok) from the Pittsburgh area who dabbled with Modern Commemeratives back around 2000-05, doing some experimentation with oven-baked toning and certification via PCGS. IIRC he was trying to certify an entire set of the dollar coins and had a tidy sum of $10k wrapped up in the project when he ended it. It was discussed at length here but I've been unable to find any archived threads and kaytsok(Paul) has fallen off the Earth!! I wondered if anyone had information about the project they could post, links they may have saved, pictures of coin(s) or any update on whatever happened to Paul. I have a 1987-S Constitution Dollar that he gave me at the 2005 P.A.N. Show when he was ending everything but no pictures.

Thanks in advance.

Al H.

keets

OK, as seems to often happen i find what i'm looking for after i surrender!! this should answer questions for anyone unfamiliar with the info in the OP, but i'd still ask for anything new that can be offered as well as some pictures.

UNLVino

The last post of your link has a link to his registry set with lots of pics.

TomB

I didn't follow your link, but I recall the thread. If I remember correctly, he had said part of his motivation was to assemble a complete, pan-fried set of modern commems in PCGS holders for display. He also didn't seem to take it well when many folks failed to see the importance of his quest, if my memory is accurate. Part of his strategy was to send many set up coins in with a few pan-fried pieces and in this way he appeared to get one or two pan-fried coins into holders from each submission.

kranky

He was kind enough to give me one a few years back.

braddick

I think his Registry of the coins is still active.

Registry LINK

keets

the Set is still active(#66) as UNLVino pointed out but Paul is not/has not been around since '07. whatever his motivation may have been i found the results to be intriguing for a few different reasons. given some of the things that transpire here i thought he was treated quite poorly and may have stayed around or gone in another direction within the Hobby. since he was from the Pittsburgh area and had rubbed shoulders with Pat and Jim i figure he had a good chance of being pulled into the "main-stream" with a little coaching.

Zoins

It's a shame he's no longer around. I'm sure he wasn't the only one doing it but he was very open about it which I appreciate. Others have done similar things and have remained in the hobby so hopefully he'll come back.

DorkGirl

I remember him getting upset when no one wanted to display his coins at their show.

lcoopie

perhaps they are "market acceptable"