Do toned gold eagles = SAEs with milkspots?
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Is it some other reaction? Are they related? What would cause toning this dramatic for such a recent piece of bullion?
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Added mine was a 2007 Jefferson Liberty PCGS MS70, I sold it at auction with melt value as start.
I'm wondering the same myself as I've got spotting and weird toning problems like that on more than just those two. (didn't send them all in as these two went along for the ride and I wanted to see how they'd be dealt with before potentially spending $25 each on nothing)
I was shocked to see two more in my reholder submission with spots. I was concentrating on getting the submission info correct and perhaps missed them, but it seems the two are coming back to me as one is marked "shipped" today. I though they'd be held, pulled, and addressed before they left. (who you gonna call? 447-8848 busters)
those eagles are 22k and I'm not surprised those tone.
The coloring is not unattractive on yours and I would not equate it with an ASE milk spot at all.
That coin is close to 14 years old.
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That coin is close to 14 years old. >>
Err, I'm talking about the 2006 slabbed piece. It's ~8 years old, but it's been this color for at least the last 2 or 3 years.
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I've had AGEs tone after being slabbed, in that 2007-2008 era. One of them was an 1989 1/2 oz AGE that I'd had for 17 years without having it tone. Once it was slabbed, it toned unevenly. I had it conserved, and now it has re-toned just a little and much more evenly.
I have a 2008-W Burnished 1/4 oz AGE that was kept in its sealed box for about a year before being submitted as First Strike. When I received it, it was pristine. Over the next couple years, it toned unevenly. I will be sending it in for conservation because I can't afford not to do it.
I knew it would happen.
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those eagles are 22k and I'm not surprised those tone.
The coloring is not unattractive on yours and I would not equate it with an ASE milk spot at all. >>
Do pure gold coins like Maple Leafs tone to that orange color?
Seems like it may be the slab, but more likely the insert. The best way to find out would be to use XPS/ESCA as a preferred method to analyze the coin's surface for contaminants. It should be nondestructive, esp. if one can find someone using a big enough sample holder to accommodate the whole coin.
The color is like Cheetos.
The really odd thing is that they turned in a few weeks, no joke.
Clarification- not unattractive - mine are splotchy but that eagle is 22k and evenly colored. One wonders if something is wrong with .9999 pure gold that discolors on both sides... And it's and uneven splotchiness of varying amount up to most of both sides.
My two first spouses also have Cheetos toning on them.
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