You rarely see a nicely toned trade dollar like this...
Skrill90
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What do y'all think?
Ive seen toned Morgans but peace and trade seem elusive and this 1873 has pleasing colors to boot
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You sure don't unless someone is trying to hide something.
Cleaned and likely influenced by whatever agents were used to clean it. Yuck!
What toning?
I think I threw up a little in my mouth...
More like regrowth of secondary skin with funky toning after harsh polishing.
Laughable description:
"Uncirculated, but with an older cleaning. The coin is nicely toned and looks better than it appears in the pic."
Dipped, scrubbed, colored, artificially flavored and maybe treated with seaweed extract, too.
Surfaces wise this T$1 is more pleasing...
They don't seem to come with nice color very often. This coin spent some time with a home chemistry set. Even it not, I could never get past the hairlines.
I got this one from a fellow forumite a few years ago. I more inclined to think it got this way quasi-naturally, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
The coin on EBay is awful
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
the lipstick on a pig analogy comes to mind.
Here are a couple of AU55 examples with a slightly nicer, more natural look...
mbogoman
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/classic-issues-colonials-through-1964/zambezi-collection-trade-dollars/7345Asesabi Lutho
another one...
The toning is not even good enough to hide all of the hairlines........
OINK
I like this one a lot! 😁👍
1876-S Trade Dollar - Blue & Brown Dual-Sided Toner - (Type 1 Obverse & Reverse)
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
I weep that I sold the 1873 TD from my type set... strong 50 with understated pastel toning in the devices... {{{{sigh}}}}
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
I owned this nicely toned T$ briefly:
But the very nice toning hid a bunch of hairlines that you can not see in the photos. Probably would have graded PR61........
OINK
this is my nicest trade toner
Minor Variety Trade dollar's with chop marks set:
More Than It's Chopped Up To Be
The coin in the OP has obviously been cleaned and either left with residues or has had a poor attempt at AT.... Cheers, RickO