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Do people really pay this kind of money...

NumisMeNumisMe Posts: 841 ✭✭
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for a substandard coin, just because of the toning? image

Link to auction...

Yes, it is beautiful, but it's still just an MS67 ASE that is only worth about $20.

Is the toning worth that much of a premium?

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    bozboz Posts: 1,405 ✭
    Nope
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    clw54clw54 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Is the toning worth that much of a premium? >>


    People pay a lot more for it, which is why there is so much of it out there.
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    ellewoodellewood Posts: 1,752 ✭✭✭
    I'm surprised we haven't seened "toning albums" hit the market yet. Albums made specifically to store and tone your coins.
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    mjhoffpauirmjhoffpauir Posts: 241 ✭
    Toning makes a coin much more unique and beautiful...but $750??? highly doubt it...unless you just love Silver Eagles...IMHO. :4disco
    "There are two types of people in the world. Those that do the work and those that take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there" - Ghandi
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,804 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A very similar coin has been shown here before. image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    CoinResourceCoinResource Posts: 1,113
    Yeah just saw it like two days ago...
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    RunningnutRunningnut Posts: 52
    Why buy one when you can make one yourself???
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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,783 ✭✭✭✭✭
    oh man.....I hope there isn't a deluge of coins shown for "comment" then put up for sale right away image

    That is good for the BST board, but, well, imho, I just don't like it image


    btw.....I commented in the original thread on this coin, and will comment here, I think the way the splotchy toning shows the coin is FUGLY

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

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    WhiteLighninWhiteLighnin Posts: 883 ✭
    ooo boy....
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    MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    That's a $20 coin- with shipping included....image
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    mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    Some dealers simply take a shot at snagging that one uninformed bidder. There are lots of Ebay bidders that obviously know very little about coin values but they seem to have the money to blow. Dealers need to make a profit in order to stay in business, hopefully so they can offer people like me fair prices on coins I want.image
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
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    ChuckCChuckC Posts: 1,600
    It's a super coin, but wowowow, 750 is super exorbitant! I'd prolly spend1 00% over grey sheet bid which is the high end of the premium I would pay for toned coins.
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    ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315 ✭
    $750.00 image


    The dude typed in one to many zero's. image



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    tsacchtsacch Posts: 2,929 ✭✭✭
    Yawn
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    pf70collectorpf70collector Posts: 6,868 ✭✭✭
    Id pay maybe 50 or 60 for it but that's it.
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    TOMCATTOMTOMCATTOM Posts: 240
    THIS IS FROM A VERY HIGH END SELLER. NOTICE, OF THE 285 ITEMS IN E-BAY STORE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE IS $150.00. I HAVE NOT SEEN MANY PGCS GRADED TONED SILVER EAGLES ON MY SEARCHES. $750 APPEARS TO BE WAY OUT OF LINE. WHEN I SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I USUALLY MAKE IT A WATCHED ITEM, THEN GO BACK LATER TO SEE IF IT WAS SOLD AND FOR HOW MUCH. WE TONER'S ARE A STRANGE GROUP. WE PAY PREMIUMS FOR STUFF YOU WOULD DUNK IN SILVER CLEANER SO THAT IT IS BRIGHT AND SHINNY. SEMPER FI
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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,957 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You're paying for the name. Throw some glitz on a Chevy, stick on the Cadillac emblem, and sell it for 3X as much. (or more). In the end,
    both were made at the same GM plant.
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    nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Well, the toning is worth a premium. But I do not believe it is worth that premium. I could see it at $100. Although maybe I should consign my monster toned onza.
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    BubbleheadBubblehead Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭
    Isn't Dansco toning alluded to?
    Funny... I've been saving them in Dansco's for over 12 years, and none of my eagles have toned like that. I started with 2 albums, have added them as the grandkids came along, for five now.
    One of the early albums does show some very light, golden rim, toning.
    Nothing near the colors in this one!image
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    mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
    image

    I'll let you know in 9 days and 7 hours

    If it came from my wallet, no way no how! You can get a nice 1916-D Merc for that change image
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    TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭
    A little dip action will fix that coin right up.
    PCGS Currency: HOF 2013, Best Low Ball Set 2009-2014, 2016, 2018. Appreciation Award 2015, Best Showcase 2018, Numerous others.
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    NumisMeNumisMe Posts: 841 ✭✭
    Now I know...It has a nice finger print on the reverse...That must be it! image
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I sold this one for about $60:

    image

    It later graded MS67 at PCGS - same as the one that is the topic of this thread.

    Russ, NCNE
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    NumisMeNumisMe Posts: 841 ✭✭
    And I would buy it for that. image
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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,783 ✭✭✭✭✭
    But Russ,

    If you had posted a pic of it on the forums a few days PRIOR to listing it, and asked opinions about it from the US Coin Forum, you might have been able to get much more than $60 for it.
    I think that is how the thinking goes?

    btw Russ, I like yours better because it doesn't have that splotchy look....oops, you sold it....it isn't yours any more.

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

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