Home› U.S. Coin Forum
Options

is this toned Franklin AT?

darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
in U.S. Coin Forum
imageimage

Comments

  • Options
    coinman420coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭
    i`d say yes(but i`ve been wrong before)imageimage
    my ebay items BST transactions/swaps/giveaways with: Tiny, raycyca,mrpaseo, Dollar2007,Whatafind, Boom, packers88, DBSTrader2, 19Lyds, Mar327, pontiacinf, ElmerFusterpuck.
  • Options
    bushmaster8bushmaster8 Posts: 5,616 ✭
    Yes. No TPG will ever slab that. image
    "Wars are really ugly! They're dirty
    and they're cold.
    I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
    Mary






    Best Franklin Website
  • Options
    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    There sure are a lot of smartasses around here.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • Options
    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    When a coin like that is not in a TPG holder, there's usually a reason for it.image
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
  • Options
    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>When a coin like that is not in a TPG holder, there's usually a reason for it. >>



    In this case, the reason is because it's still in the original cardboard mint set that caused the toning.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • Options
    JJMJJM Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭✭✭
    looks NT mint toning to me
    👍BST's erickso1,cone10,MICHAELDIXON,TennesseeDave,p8nt,jmdm1194,RWW,robkool,Ahrensdad,Timbuk3,Downtown1974,bigjpst,mustanggt,Yorkshireman,idratherbgardening,SurfinxHI,derryb,masscrew,Walkerguy21D,MJ1927,sniocsu,Coll3tor,doubleeagle07,luciobar1980,PerryHall,SNMAM,mbcoin,liefgold,keyman64,maprince230,TorinoCobra71,RB1026,Weiss,LukeMarshall,Wingsrule,Silveryfire, pointfivezero,IKE1964,AL410, Tdec1000, AnkurJ,guitarwes,Type2,Bp777,jfoot113,JWP,mattniss,dantheman984,jclovescoins,Collectorcoins,Weather11am,Namvet69,kansasman,Bruce7789,ADG,Larrob37,Waverly, justindan
  • Options
    clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 5,010 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>When a coin like that is not in a TPG holder, there's usually a reason for it.image >>



    Cause there arent any BC franklins and therefore they aren't worth the price of submission?
    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
  • Options
    pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭
    Did it come with a reverse?
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

    image
  • Options
    RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Damn you Russ! You beat me to it.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
  • Options
    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,389 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice one darktone...image

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • Options
    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>When a coin like that is not in a TPG holder, there's usually a reason for it.image >>



    You would be floored Dizz if you knew how many of us have some high powered coins that we DO NOT get slabbed....
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • Options
    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>When a coin like that is not in a TPG holder, there's usually a reason for it. >>



    In this case, the reason is because it's still in the original cardboard mint set that caused the toning.

    Russ, NCNE >>



    So was that famous Peace dollar.imageimage
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
  • Options
    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>When a coin like that is not in a TPG holder, there's usually a reason for it.image >>



    You would be floored Dizz if you knew how many of us have some high powered coins that we DO NOT get slabbed.... >>



    ...and there's probably a reason for it.imageimage
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
  • Options
    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>When a coin like that is not in a TPG holder, there's usually a reason for it.image >>



    You would be floored Dizz if you knew how many of us have some high powered coins that we DO NOT get slabbed.... >>



    ...and there's probably a reason for it.imageimage >>



    You bet your bippy there isimage
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • Options
    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>When a coin like that is not in a TPG holder, there's usually a reason for it.image >>



    You would be floored Dizz if you knew how many of us have some high powered coins that we DO NOT get slabbed.... >>



    ...and there's probably a reason for it.imageimage >>



    You bet your bippy there isimage >>



    image
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
  • Options
    MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    Any reverse pics? I like the toning btw...
    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !
  • Options
    CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    That is pretty wild for mint set toning! Mostly they get dark and mottled kinda like the rims are on that one. I like to see a photo of the whole set. image
    Carl's Coins website w/ links to Carl's auctions
  • Options
    darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    I'll see if I can find a reverse picture. image
  • Options
    Mercury10cMercury10c Posts: 2,958
    My initial impression is that it looks NT, but I have never seen colors quite like that on a Franklin, especially since mint set toning on most Franklins is a golden brownish color. Maybe it's just the photos. It doesn't look like a very high grade coin, that's why it's not in a TPG holder. Lots of scrapes around the hair behind the ear and the cheek, or maybe it's just the photos.
  • Options
    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • Options
    Mercury10cMercury10c Posts: 2,958
    Now that is SWEET!image
  • Options
    pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭


    << <i>My initial impression is that it looks NT, but I have never seen colors quite like that on a Franklin, especially since mint set toning on most Franklins is a golden brownish color >>



    Not necessarily.

    image
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

    image
  • Options
    darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭


    << <i>My initial impression is that it looks NT, but I have never seen colors quite like that on a Franklin, especially since mint set toning on most Franklins is a golden brownish color. Maybe it's just the photos. It doesn't look like a very high grade coin, that's why it's not in a TPG holder. Lots of scrapes around the hair behind the ear and the cheek, or maybe it's just the photos. >>



    This is a pretty common color on 57 mint sets but most don't have it to this degree. I must have owned 150+ 1957 double mint sets and this is the best color I have seen- and the only 57 mint set I still own. You are right the marks would keep it from a super grade but it don't really matter because it ain't going nowhere image. My favorites though are the most colorful year- 1958. image

    image
  • Options
    darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    Nice coin Russ! And Phatrmer you too- lets see a better picture of that quarter!. Oh yeah heres the reverse of the first coin. A little blurry though.

    image
  • Options
    darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    I sold the set with this coin last year....... I miss it image.

    image
  • Options
    MadMonkMadMonk Posts: 3,743 ✭
    image
    Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
  • Options
    Mercury10cMercury10c Posts: 2,958
    Darktone, that '58 is amazing. Looks like it's got fairly clean surfaces and would probably grade at least a 66. I like it!
  • Options
    SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,592 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd like to see the '57 (D?) in hand, but for that year I'd say it's NT.

    Russ, WHERE did you find that '51? Holy Smokes!
    Toned Franklins

    U.S. Type Set
  • Options
    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Russ, WHERE did you find that '51? Holy Smokes! >>



    It's one that came in with a consignment about a year and a half ago. Only graded MS64, but man was it pretty!

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • Options
    SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,592 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Since you're missing your '58 Darktone, here's a '58-D for ya'...

    image
    Toned Franklins

    U.S. Type Set
  • Options
    CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    darktone's 1st '58 has the look I like in a mint set toned Frankie.

    I liked this '56 set with a purple Frankie and a multi colored one:

    image

    Since this is turning into a picture post I hope nobody minds if I continue with close up of the halves from that set. image

    image

    image
    Carl's Coins website w/ links to Carl's auctions
  • Options
    darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    Thanks guy's! please continue with more pictures. image
  • Options
    LeeGLeeG Posts: 12,162 ✭
    Just snagged this one off eBay. It's in an NGC 65 holder. I'm cracking it out and putting it in my 7070 when it arrivesimage


    image
  • Options
    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,026 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I sold the set with this coin last year....... I miss it image.

    image >>



    Well it's natural, but I think you need to either add a little cyan or add a little blue. My guess is the lighting you used warms the photo up and really enhances colors but it's not bringing out the true colors. Russ posted a coin similar and that looks a lot more like the natural toning we normally see. This picture just seems to have a bit too much yellow in the fields to be TRUE COLORS. I would say the coin is naturally toned but not photographically correct.

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • Options
    GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    Definitely NT

    thats natural
  • Options
    foxxzefoxxze Posts: 361
    the coin @ the top of this thread is very probably N.T ;

    seen `um like that b4
  • Options
    darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I sold the set with this coin last year....... I miss it image.

    image >>



    Well it's natural, but I think you need to either add a little cyan or add a little blue. My guess is the lighting you used warms the photo up and really enhances colors but it's not bringing out the true colors. Russ posted a coin similar and that looks a lot more like the natural toning we normally see. This picture just seems to have a bit too much yellow in the fields to be TRUE COLORS. I would say the coin is naturally toned but not photographically correct. >>



    Sorry this coin looks like it does in the picture- or at least it does on my LCD screen. A forum member owns this set now.
    By the way If you some of you did not get it I was kidding about asking if this coin was AT. image
  • Options
    pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭


    << <i>And Phatrmer you too- lets see a better picture of that quarter!. >>



    k, mister, it's your thread

    image
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

    image
  • Options
    basestealerbasestealer Posts: 1,579 ✭
    lol
    image

Leave a Comment

BoldItalicStrikethroughOrdered listUnordered list
Format
SpoilerCodeQuote
Heading 2Heading 1
Emoji
:):D:(;):/:o:s:p:'(:|B):#:*<3o:)>:)
Url
Image
Align leftAlign centerAlign rightToggle HTML viewToggle full pageToggle lights
Drop image/file
Home • U.S. Coin ForumComment As ...