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Toning. NT or AT
NiceGuyEddie
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Bought this set on the bay. All coins had some toning. The silvers are beautifully rainbow toned. Even the clads had toned. Question is.... Does this warrant Questionable toning ? Or do you feel otherwise ? I wish the image was better. Thank you 
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I wish the pic was better too!
I'd like to see them.
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"Questionable toning" based on the look of them in those photos.
"Questionable toning" based on the look of them in those photos.
While they may indeed be NT they do not look naturally toned, IMO.
Lance.
They don't look NT to me. But can you post up some clearer picture of the toned ones. That may help out with everyone's opinions on your raw toners.
Really not possible to tell from those pictures... heck, well done AT will fool most people, even experts...that is why we see AT coins in slabs... and that is also why NT coins get rejected. Cheers, RickO
You've got your opinion from the experts (PCGS) already.
The clads are toned? That's a red flag right there.
I think AT, But what do I know I'm not a expert yet.
Hoard the keys.
Clads can get some pretty amazing natural toning.... but these look just too wild to be above suspicion.
To me they look like what TPG'er call AT.
But I was at a shop when 1 that looked just like this came in from an old guy that had nothing graded and hated the color on the coins. He said he bought they and they were white a long time ago.
Using the definition of NT arising from how a collector stores their coins, I would say these are NT.
They have been stored in this holder, which was designed to hold these Kennedy's.
They might very well be natural, but no matter what, they have to stand up on their own merits, outside of any Holder and away from any Story. Similarly many many (many) artificially toned coins get certified as market acceptable.
I too, would like to see better pictures of a couple of your favorite coins among the group
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It is hard to tell from the photos, but the coins do not look original to me.
Had they been part of Newman they'd have graded NT. But, without such a provenance, QT is the expected result.
Hard to really tell from the pictures but some of the toned ones look like I have seen in special holders where, when looked at closely, they have been cleaned/dipped and retoned in the after market holder.
I got bit by some low cost (luckily) ones that were done that way when I was first (re-)starting out. ~$10 loss because it was only 3 or 4 of them, but when I learned more, and I looked closer, it was very evident.
Since then, I continue to see these types of things sold at local B&Ms and at coin shows (always by the same types of dealers)
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
They don't look NT from the picture. In hand, maybe different, but doubtful.
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