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  • ebaytraderebaytrader Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭
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  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    skillet fried ...sunny side up!image
  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,099 ✭✭✭
    If it's in a PCGS holder, it's a "Wow" coin. "Wow, how did that get into a PCGS holder?"

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  • Can you say "heat treated"?

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  • looks like SPAM to me
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  • rainbowroosierainbowroosie Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭✭
    Looks like my icon coin -- wish it was a roosie!!!
    "You keep your 1804 dollar and 1822 half eagle -- give me rainbow roosies in MS68."
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  • looks lika turd
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭


    << <i>looks lika turd >>



    You really need to call your proctologist.image
  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do like the reverse.

    Ray
  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I take back my first statement, the reverse looks like where the heat was applied, and whatever was "put" on the obverse is not natural.

    Ray
  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777
    Well cooked, and attractive- I'd spend $20 over melt for it! image
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    An outrageously gorgeous work of art! image

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  • I think MrD lookin' for trouble - or just having fun.
  • IGWTIGWT Posts: 4,975
    Another PCI upgrade? image

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  • TexastTexast Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭✭
    That's one way to cover up milk spots...
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  • MrDMrD Posts: 2,589 ✭✭✭

    "I think MrD lookin' for trouble - or just having fun."

    No I'm not looking for trouble, I'm just having some fun. image


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  • Definitely a wow
  • 53BKid53BKid Posts: 2,181 ✭✭✭
    Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
    HAPPY COLLECTING!!!
  • rainbowroosierainbowroosie Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭✭
    "Another PCI upgrade?"

    Here's a "what if" story:

    What if an unnamed collector came across a wild toned silver eagle housed in an old PCI "100% white" holder at a FUN Show, and what if that collector paid stiff money for the PCI coin because he loved it...and what if that collector placed the PCI coin in his A BOX in the bank and didn't look at it for years...and what if the PCI holder continued to work absolute magic on the "100% white" coin...and what if the collector finally looked in his A BOX and saw this Eagle and said "WOW." ...and what if he cracked the PCI plastic and sent it to PCGS and PCGS graded it MS68 first time through...would this coin be AT????image
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  • It's pretty to me.

    Rob
  • I'ts Nice work, but I prefer the colors to run across the coin less thick and more Natural like this one:


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  • Just put a ASE on a windowsill... come back in a week or so and you will have something similar.
  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    Guys (and Gals), you need to remember that the American Silver Eagle is pure silver, not alloyed with copper. All you have to do is practically expose it to oxygen and a little warmth and it will happen quite quickly.
    Tom

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  • I have to agree this is the best solution to the milk spot problem..........


    Al
  • DoogyDoogy Posts: 4,508
    did PCGS fire their moderns finalizer, or was that a product of 'take you daughter to work and let her grade' day?

  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,343 ✭✭✭✭✭
    lol
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,456 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>did PCGS fire their moderns finalizer, or was that a product of 'take you daughter to work and let her grade' day? >>

    Or maybe just market acceptable?
  • DoogyDoogy Posts: 4,508


    << <i>

    << <i>did PCGS fire their moderns finalizer, or was that a product of 'take you daughter to work and let her grade' day? >>

    Or maybe just market acceptable? >>




    ebay has proven that there is also a market for highly colorful, blatantly AT'd coins. Does that mean all of those should be slabbed too, to satisfy a "market craving" for them?

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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    IT'S A SILVER ROUND...................WHO CARES!!!!!
  • Quite a nice looking tone even if it is AT.
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  • Are these heated in the slab, maybe?

    How do you make one of these? Temp? Time?

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  • Or maybe just market acceptable?

    Probably ...

    I saw a similarly toned SAE at the silver dollar show in St Louis a couple of years back in a dealer's case. Asked the dealer about it and he said that he had gone a little overboard in the auction to acquire it ... somewhere close to $3,000 if I remember correctly.
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  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    toning on that "coin" is garbage. who in their right mind would want a collection of ase's that looks like that?

    K S
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,011 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>toning on that "coin" is garbage. who in their right mind would want a collection of ase's that looks like that?

    K S >>



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  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Drill a hole in it, put a hook on it then hang it on your Christmas tree.....
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,011 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image It would be fun to spend at the store. Would I get a dollar for it ? It would also make an impressive tip after dinner at a nice romantic restaurant with a pretty lady.
  • VTCoinsVTCoins Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭


    << <i>If it's in a PCGS holder, it's a "Wow" coin. "Wow, how did that get into a PCGS holder?"

    -Paul >>



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  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭


    << <i>toning on that "coin" is garbage... >>

    I usually stay out of these (AT vs. NT) threads, but I must agree. Of course, collect whatever you like. -Preussen
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  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    Imagine that same "look" on a Morgan Dollar and I bet it sells for an all-time record price.
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  • << <i>Imagine that same "look" on a Morgan Dollar and I bet it sells for an all-time record price. >>



    Gimme a break -- it would be just as obviously AT on a Morgan too!!! Come on dizzy, you know better than that...

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  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Imagine that same "look" on a Morgan Dollar and I bet it sells for an all-time record price. >>



    Gimme a break -- it would be just as obviously AT on a Morgan too!!! Come on dizzy, you know better than that...

    Mikey >>



    I know Mikey, it was a generalized hypothetical. There are Morgans, commems, and others with toning that regardless of perceived originality by the skeptics, are just truly dazzling and mind-boggling. Some are far more obvious than others when it comes to determining their originality. My point was that when a Morgan or commem or anything vintage for that matter has an outrageous look to it along the same lines as this coin, it certainly commands the attention of color enthusiasts throughout the hobby. From there, once the conclusion is made that the coin is deemed original NT, records are shattered... as they should be.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Totally AT... people are learning to love AT.... soon, it will be sought after.. with super premiums... and all TPG's will be slabbing them... with preference for the more skilled 'doctors' bringing even more money "Toned by xxxxxxx and slabbed by xxxxx"... "wow... lemme give you xxxx thousands for that beauty" Sad.. but true. Cheers, RickO
  • bestclser1bestclser1 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Ricko,agree that the coin is totally AT,and a disgrace to the hobby,another reason i only collect NT Monster Morgans.image
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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139


    << <i>Totally AT... people are learning to love AT.... soon, it will be sought after.. with super premiums... and all TPG's will be slabbing them... with preference for the more skilled 'doctors' bringing even more money "Toned by xxxxxxx and slabbed by xxxxx"... "wow... lemme give you xxxx thousands for that beauty" Sad.. but true. Cheers, RickO >>



    That's just what we need: a dozen Thomas Kinkadesque self-proclaimed artistes clogging up the numismatic pipes with AT masterpieces.
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  • fcfc Posts: 12,804 ✭✭✭
    the coin looks like normal greattoning coins.

    he does not make them, he does not own them, he just sells them
    so he can deny any wrong doing and make money without feeling
    guilty.

    he is a board member that i would like to put a turd on his head.
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,456 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That's just what we need: a dozen Thomas Kinkadesque self-proclaimed artistes clogging up the numismatic pipes with AT masterpieces. >>

    If the are truly AT masterpieces, there will probably be demand.

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