What do you think of this Morgan?

basestealer · January 25, 2007 8:39AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/1890-MS-64-Morgan-Dollar-Mint-State-64_W0QQitemZ220073157188QQihZ012QQcategoryZ139811QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
He has some other nice board toned comm halves. I can't tell with the pictures though... good or no?

Coxe · January 25, 2007 8:44AM

Might be NT. Used to get that target toning on both sides on seated quarters and dimes in old albums. The shadows under the date digits and obverse stars would be right for that too. It is raw though.....

123cents · January 25, 2007 8:51AM

Ebay Link

basestealer · January 25, 2007 8:52AM

I like raw coins--just have to be careful. The board toned coins don't look cleaned... overgraded maybe though.

basestealer · January 25, 2007 8:52AM

Thanks for fixing my link!

GoldenEyeNumismatics · January 25, 2007 10:48AM

that coin is very fishy

BigMoose · January 25, 2007 11:01AM

That Morgan looks blatantly AT to me.

MICHAELDIXON · January 25, 2007 11:04AM

Looks AT to me.

clarkbar04 · January 25, 2007 11:07AM

I'm also thinking AT.

BAJJERFAN · January 25, 2007 12:01PM

AT like a dis a one maybe??

gemtone65 · January 25, 2007 12:49PM

I think it's AT with the color applied by heat.

basestealer · January 25, 2007 1:05PM

LOL, I read a "guidebook to cleaning coins" once, and the author suggested baking them in a baked potatoe in the oven! This would tone them nice and purple, lol. It's funny because a few decades ago it was blast white that everyone wanted, so out came the cleaning solutions... then it was like, hey, an old coin should have a nice toning to it, appreciate the coins that show their age! So then out comes the toning solutions... Perhaps if it is ever chic to own poor grade well worn round smooth discs, there won't be anything to tempt alteration!

Goldbully · January 26, 2007 11:46PM

What do you think of this Morgan??..........

eBay Link

BAJJERFAN · January 26, 2007 11:50PM

From the Tappan collection?

anablep · January 27, 2007 12:28AM

First one is AT.

I'm very careful about rim toning these days. I've been burned buying raw rim toners on the Bay in the past.

Learned from those mistakes and now only buy slabbed.

Second one (blurry pic) is just plain silly. Why even run an auction w/ that pic?

mr1931S · January 27, 2007 1:36AM

Nice example of AT at work. Make a mental note of how sharply defined the color differences are. Think "mellow" blending for NT colors. Silver coins, in the first stage of natural toning, will go "yellowy" first. Mellowly yellow, that is. Hard yellow seen? Never, naturally.

If you see hard, or unmellow, yellow anywhere with other colors on a 90% silver toned coin you're looking at AT. Guaranteed.

AT artists blow the yellow.

Rarity · January 27, 2007 1:38AM

Too many scratches on the cheek, color is too strong, doesn't look natural.

What do you think of this Morgan?

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