This Columbian half dollar has great toning, but I won't pay high premiums for it so I don't have many pieces like this ... This piece is in an MS-63 holder, but I paid MS-64 money for it back in the 1990s. Since I think that the coin really an MS-64, that was not a problem.
When it comes to Mint State early coins, this is about as good as it gets for me.
And when it comes to circulated old silver, the even gray toning is the color to look for.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
Need the following OBW rolls to complete my 46-64 Roosevelt roll set: 1947-P & D; 1948-D; 1949-P & S; 1950-D & S; and 1952-S. Any help locating any of these OBW rolls would be gratefully appreciated!
Have always liked blues - no longer mine - hope the new owner doesn't mind....
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
There is some real eyecandy in this thread, not surprisingly.
I like subtle pastels as much as the next man, and I love most "target" toning with subtle colors.
But everybody knows I'm also a fan of dark fields with lighter devices that make the design "pop".
As most everybody also knows, I refer to these as "Circulation Cameos", or "CircCams", for short. Others have adopted this terminology, with their preferred spelling variants. I think it needed a term.
The nice thing about Circulation Cameos is they're found mostly on coins below AU grade, which makes it a more budget-friendly sort of toning to seek.
Mostly it's a silver thing.
It is, however, sometimes encountered on copper and nickel-alloy coins, though it's a lot trickier to find CircCams in those compositions that aren't problem coins. There's a thin line between dark toning and porosity/corrosion, particularly on nickel. But the elusive non-silver CircCams can be found without settling for a problem coin.
PS- speaking of designs that "pop", I have a related preference in my ancient bronze coins.
You couldn't call this "toning", per se, but "desert", "earthen", or "Levant" patina like this sort of works the same way.
Comments
My 1866 Philly Mint Set
Probably darker than some like, but not to me. In an old fatty holder.
When it comes to Mint State early coins, this is about as good as it gets for me.
And when it comes to circulated old silver, the even gray toning is the color to look for.
HH
1947-P & D; 1948-D; 1949-P & S; 1950-D & S; and 1952-S.
Any help locating any of these OBW rolls would be gratefully appreciated!
<< <i>
Wow, what a H10C!!
I also like it when the toning plays into the design, like this Scher Oregon sticking his hand into the rainbow (from Heritage's archive)
Sometimes theme toning can be rather disturbing, like this "John Bobbitt" Oregon (also from Heritage's archive)
<< <i>
<< <i>
Wow, what a H10C!! >>
That's what I was thinking!!!
It is stunning,
.
CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
.
Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
.
More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
cause grey seems to go well with a silver coin and without all the colors which I'm not fond of on a silver coin
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipPSHhpWxaQpwZEJ_Q8i_LumfbYdsk-Q1lNTss7V
My Coin Blog
My Toned Lincoln Registry Set
I'm more impressed with the surfaces of most of them than the toning.
Lance.
So I like full wild colorful toning. Especially on copper.
I like subtle pastels as much as the next man, and I love most "target" toning with subtle colors.
But everybody knows I'm also a fan of dark fields with lighter devices that make the design "pop".
As most everybody also knows, I refer to these as "Circulation Cameos", or "CircCams", for short. Others have adopted this terminology, with their preferred spelling variants. I think it needed a term.
The nice thing about Circulation Cameos is they're found mostly on coins below AU grade, which makes it a more budget-friendly sort of toning to seek.
Mostly it's a silver thing.
It is, however, sometimes encountered on copper and nickel-alloy coins, though it's a lot trickier to find CircCams in those compositions that aren't problem coins. There's a thin line between dark toning and porosity/corrosion, particularly on nickel. But the elusive non-silver CircCams can be found without settling for a problem coin.
PS- speaking of designs that "pop", I have a related preference in my ancient bronze coins.
You couldn't call this "toning", per se, but "desert", "earthen", or "Levant" patina like this sort of works the same way.
I call these "DirtCams".