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1880-S Silver Dollar -- Artificial or Natural toning??
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What say you? I like the colors... but I say artificial.. but nowadays, who knows? 
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I realize parts of the coin have what is often termed "pull away" toning, but the colors that show up on my screen look AT.
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Looks NT to me. Possibly from a Tidy House holder.
NT from mediocre pics at least
Kinda looks natural.
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Looks NT to me, and a real nice one at that. I agree though, artificial toning seems to be getting harder and harder to distinguish from NT over time.
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It's a toss-up. I would say it's market acceptable and am pretty sure it would be bid up over $100 as is (raw) in an ebay auction. It's likely worth trying to certify it.
Borderline but I vote NT.
definitely NT
Natural and very nice! I want it.
Looks NT to me.
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nt and nice
I'm on the natural side of the vote as well. I like it and I would buy it if I came across it.
AT... and the A stands for 'accelerated' in this case.... Cheers, RickO
Looks natural to me.
As I think about it... the Tidy House Dollar mentioned may be a possibility. I have a Tidy House holder with two Kennedy halves, and they have some of the most absolute wild toning... and if I recall, one of them has very similar color and pattern as the silver dollar pictured. Don't have them handy right now... but if opportunity arises will try to post pics.
I have a '49P Franklin with toning pretty similar to the obverse of the posted coin, and I always thought it was AT (but it was attractive and cheap) - but it sounds like most members are voting NT, so who knows?
NT
AT/NT? Unsure. Looks MA. I'm a bit of a skeptic when it comes to this and I think a large percentage of toned coins in today's marketplace had help.
one I had in my type set a couple of years for comparison.
Wow. I'm really surprised at all the votes for NT. I was expecting an overwhelming majority of votes for AT.
i wouldn't buy that thing as natural.
Image colors look a little saturated to me. And the toning looks accelerated. Probably MA but I don't think it's natural.
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I don't like what shows as pink on my monitor. It looks like aftermarket toning in a tidy house, or similar, type of holder. That would put it, imho, as NT.
However, it does have some look that I don't like (aforementioned pinkish look) which would keep me from paying too much for the toning.
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The saturation/color is off some in the photo. In person, does not really show as pink (but then again, I am partially color-blind so...). Color is more lavender - gold - bronze - red kind of all blended together on the obverse. Reverse is more yellow-gold in center and lavender, blues, violets near the rim.
Another thing photo does not show... the colors are not flat. Strong luster shines right through the colors.
I had one a few years ago that looked almost identical to yours on the reverse. PCGS details graded it. In my opinion mine and yours have natural toning.
Put me in the NT column
NT and I like it a lot!
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NT for me.
I've had a couple very similar recently graded.
I think they were knocked down a little because of the muddy toning.
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