Toned steel cents!
scotty4449
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I finally got around to crossing my toned 1943-s cent. I think the trueview looks great, they did an excellent job of showing off the color. It does irk me a bit that the reverse is tilted left a bit. Thats my ocd showing. 
Let me know what you think, and please feel free to show off any toned steel you may have!
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Love your piece. I looked for the 'look' for my type set for a while. Interesting that most of the toners of the steel cents seem to come from the San Francisco mint.
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The pink toning is more pronounced in hand, especially on the obverse
It's in a PCGS MS67 holder
And @scotty4449 that reverse tilt would cause me anxiety.
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Your examples are beautiful!
Great coins so far! From what I understand, it's uncommon to find toned steel cents like these.
A few years back I bought a roll of steel cents from an internet auction. The only reason I bid on it was because I saw the end coin had color. When I opened the roll I discovered all the coins had beautiful toning, I thought I had hit the jackpot. Then I realized all the coins had been plated.
Here is a pick of one of them I just took.
They didn't like mine
- Bob -
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I didn't think this kind of toning was acceptable on steel cents. I've only ever seen it on reprocessed and re-plated specimens.
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My Grandmother collected “back in the day” and the 43 coins in her album are white. Not steel colored.. white.
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This one has toned a nice chocolate brown.
Too bad the owner wants $120,000. for it. We all like toning, but that is crazy.