The Wolf and Fish From the 67 Set

theboz11 · May 7, 2004 6:33AM

These are the only others that have really nice toning on them

laurentyvan · May 7, 2004 6:36AM

Nice coins- I have assembled a variety of Canadian 67's, all animals, that have very nice toning. I wonder why this year did so well, color-wise...

Clankeye · May 7, 2004 6:38AM

<< <i>I wonder why this year did so well, color-wise... >>

In the case of those two coins, because of the presentation boxes they came in.

Boz had a thread yesterday where he showed two sets he got with the coins in velvet presentation boxes. Really good for promoting toning.

Clankeye

nwcs · May 7, 2004 6:49AM

True, although some of those velvet cases turn a coin a pretty ugly color. At a local coin shop they have quite a few velvet canadian coins and they all look sickly. The kind you want to dip immediately.

theboz11 · May 7, 2004 6:59AM

I have a theory on why some look so bad now. Once you take these out of the presentation case, you can never put them back exactly in the position you took them out. The fabric will lay on the coin in a slightly different position and cause a smear or patchwork blochy look. The fabric in these presentation boxes is obviously highly corrosive, toning wise, and multiple removals compound the problem more.

oldshep · May 7, 2004 7:01AM

They look very nice. The fish toned nicely.
The case is the cause of the blueish toning as shown in this example:

Shep

theboz11 · May 7, 2004 7:05AM

Noticed that your pres. box is red , mines black, and the coins are positioned differently. Nice photos

oldshep · May 7, 2004 7:31AM

The "Red" box is one that was produced without the gold coin - your's is the primo one with the gold, lucky ducky.
Shep

The Wolf and Fish From the 67 Set

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