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CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
Just picked this up on ebay. I wanted one to replace my blast white example. I love the toning. Does anyone else? Let me know what you think.


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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd give about a 64. Rather weak strike and the tic's on the reverse. Good time to buy as this series is in another slump.
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not a fan of speckled toning and it's tough to see any contact marks though it... I like the reverse.



    36-D is the better date and grade wise gosh MS64 or up.
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,427 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My grade would be MS-64.

    I am not a fan one sided toning and tab toning on commemorative half dollars. I know that's the way the many of the "never been touched" old commemoratives look, but I don't care for it from the esthetic point of view.
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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: BillJones
    My grade would be MS-64.

    I am not a fan one sided toning and tab toning on commemorative half dollars. I know that's the way the many of the "never been touched" old commemoratives look, but I don't care for it from the esthetic point of view.


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  • jerseycat101jerseycat101 Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My gut is telling me 65. I am guessing the obverse is more lustrous in hand than it is in that picture.
  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: golden
    Originally posted by: BillJones
    My grade would be MS-64.

    I am not a fan one sided toning and tab toning on commemorative half dollars. I know that's the way the many of the "never been touched" old commemoratives look, but I don't care for it from the esthetic point of view.


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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 23,898 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a coin I would not buy regardless of the grade on the holder. I don't like that type of toning, especially when the other side is essentially white. The grade ... probably a 64 but hard to tell because of the type of obverse toning.
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  • CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So the consensus is that the majority would like my other example here. Most of my commem set are toned coins. That's why I purchased this one. I too think the luster on the toned coin will be much nicer in hand. Not sure which I will keep. How about both of them?

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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I too would've been in the 64 camp if SOMEBODY didn't end it so soon.



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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Broadstruck
    Not a fan of speckled toning and it's tough to see any contact marks through it... I like the reverse.


    Me too.
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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 22,612 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting coin!
  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 8,896 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I happen to like the toning. It's caramel and gold and not too dark. Looks original. I would grade it at least 64. Nice pickup.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I definitely prefer your second example.... the first looks mud splattered....Cheers, RickO
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,427 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is the example from my type set, which is graded MS-64. The strike was soft on these coins, especially on the reverse.



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  • CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Both of the coins I posted are PCGS MS65. There is a lot of field on this coin. I have noticed a few minor ticks are allowed for a MS65.

    From the photo the reverse looks like a lock MS65. Very clean. I cannot grade this coin from the photos. I will let you know what it looks like when I get it in hand.
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,776 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice looking piece!!
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