1881 S Morgan With An Almost 'White' Obverse. But Something Messed Up The Reverse.

lilolme · April 13, 2023 7:54PM

With all these photo threads lately I was a little reluctant to post this one. But I will just do my normal disclaimer:
I am not a photographer, not even an amateur one. Just my now 20+ year old snap-o'matic camera. Okay I will do a white balance. So a little photo caution.

Also I was lazy last night and didn't even crop anything.

First thing to do - turn on the speakers (music) as this is about enjoyment. And then the photos (oh I was also working on some 'older' type coins so it was more than just this).

Here it is 1881 S with an almost 'white' obverse. Kind of clean with a sheen.
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But something messed up the reverse! What happened here - ugh.
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I moved the lights to rotate the cartwheel (luster beams - a 12 to 6) for a different view.
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The light are about the same position as the first reverse photo but with different bulb types.
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I guess this qualifies as a reverse 'toner'.

Any other reverse 'toners' out there? Post up.
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PS - A few weeks ago I bought some 100W equivalent LED bulbs because I wanted to try them out - the stronger W bulb on the LED. Last night I completely forgot about them. And that is the way the memory goes.

bob48 · April 13, 2023 9:38PM

Nice colors on the reverse. I like it.

ifthevamzarockin · April 13, 2023 9:39PM

It's a pretty one!

TennesseeDave · April 14, 2023 3:44AM

Sell it to me if you don't like the colorful reverse.

[Deleted User] · April 14, 2023 4:29AM

That's a beautiful coin.
If you don't like it you know how to reach me (PM).
I know your just kidding. That is a nice reverse toner. The obverse has a good look to it to.

coastaljerseyguy · April 14, 2023 4:53AM

Very nice toner. Like when it has vivid colors but luster still blooms through a thin film. Here's my reverse toner from an original roll. Scratches on plastic holder.

tincup · April 14, 2023 5:03AM

Yep.... that's one messed up coin all right!!

Nice photos of that color. Certainly a coin that I would keep for the eye appeal.

ricko · April 14, 2023 5:05AM

@lilolme... Actually really good pictures ... Much better than I could do, for sure. Too bad about the tarnish on the reverse Cheers, RickO

lilolme · April 14, 2023 6:11AM

Thanks on the comments.

@coastaljerseyguy Cool - That one appears to be about the same on the coloring.

@ricko I don't know how I knew, maybe just good intuition, but I thought you would agree with the 'messed up reverse'.

jesbroken · April 14, 2023 6:41AM

Here's one similar that I had until last year. A little more toning on the obverse than yours. Photo by crazyhounddog. Thanks Joe.
Jim

lilolme · April 14, 2023 7:38AM

@jesbroken That one appears to be what I term as album toning (more outer to inner pattern). It is cool that on the reverse it has the rainbow coloring as shown.

1881 S Morgan With An Almost 'White' Obverse. But Something Messed Up The Reverse.

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