A couple of mid 1950's D Mint toned Washingtons for my set.

SkyMan · December 6, 2012 1:36AM

I'm trying to put together a 1940 - 1964 toned set of Washingtons, predominantly in MS66. Here are a 1953-D and a 1955-D pair of Washies for the set. Both date/mm generally have ugly to muted toning, and IMO these two have far superior toning than the norm. The '53-D is raw with my best guess being it would 66. The '55-D is PCGS MS65. I bought it already slabbed. This is one of those cases where the toning, for the date/mm, outweighs the technical grade that I was looking for. Also, I'm personally a little surprised that it wasn't in a 66 holder, as I've seen lot's of other MS66 Washies that have far more nicks and dings on them than this coin, plus the fact that for a '55-D this is really nice toning. There is a ~ 6.5 times price differential between a 65 and a 66, so potentially that is why the coin got an MS65. In any case, I'm a happy camper with both coins.