clad coins with rainbow toning
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I came across a post on a Coin Chat that really surprised me. The post is to show off toned coins (There are about 700 pages of them) what caught me off guard is that there are pictures of several (maybe two dozen) clad quarters with rainbow like toning.
If anyone here has a clad coin with colorful toning I would love to see it. I would also like to hear how such toning might have come about. I personally have never seen a clad quarter with anything but battleship gray toning until now.
sorry I don't know how to import the file from Coin Chat.
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- Bob -
MPL's - Lincolns of Color
Central Valley Roosevelts
can occur in Dansco albums after quite a few years
All my clads turn blue or purple blue and lavenders. I never get reds or yellows. Usually starts as a haze then film, and then film turns to a purple glaze I guess.
I concur.... Dansco does a very nice job of toning clad coins, everything from rainbows to pastels... Some can get rather crazy.
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I just checked. The clad quarters I have are in a folder made by a company called H.E Harris.
I also have some that where stored in an envelope inside a cardboard box. nothing toned.
Thanks for information and pictures.
@crazyhounddog that 1973-D Rosie. WOW.
This one is colorful (not quite rainbow):
I have noticed some toning (light golden toning) for state/territories quarters stored in littleton albums like the one linked below:
http://www.collectons.com/images/items/2009/10/22/1256250704.jpg
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Just graded MS66 at PCGS this week.
Hot.
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And about my 1971 clad half - unfortunately Im not aware of the history on the color profile
. Bought it raw in a white 2x2 at a local coin show.
Here's a couple I have at hand
That 73 is KILLER. Heck, they both are!!
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Thank you.
It was a gift from my good friend Las Vegas Ted from right here on this forum.
I thought I remembered that coin from that thread you made when you got it. Its not exactly an easily forgettable coin
That's the one.
Thanks again.
That golden purple 2003 Kennedie needs to be graded STAT (with pcgs)!
In the right environment (folders, envelopes, frying pans) clad will tarnish nicely.... and there are other effective, efficient methods as well... Cheers, RickO
Sorry but Im going with AT on this one... doesnt mean PCGS wont grade it though.
You really have a nice collection of toned coins
Those dimes are too pretty. So many here would have told the collector, "don't bother having them graded. They're just clad dimes, not worth anything and you're wasting your time getting them to pcgs". Now look. they're worth hundreds (more to the collector). Get your coins graded and authenticated and let others laugh.
Clad coins with nice toning are around but they are much harder to come by (and much harder to photograph IMO).
Here are a bunch that I was lucky enough to acquire:
@david3142 Nice collection you have there.
Tried to post mine
- Jim
There are some outstanding coins here.
Thank you for posting them.
Is it more difficult for clad coins than for normal copper-nickel coins to tone? I would think it would be the same since the outer composition is the same, but I feel like I see more toned nickels than anything else. Anyway, here are a couple of copper-nickel (not clad) coins that I have. Both MS67+.
Gobrecht's Engraved Mature Head Large Cent Model
https://www.instagram.com/rexrarities/?hl=en
1967 PCGS SMS MS-66
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
The last two above are gorgeous! But that '73-D dime has to be the prettiest toned clad coin I've seen.