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Does Toning get a premium?

OpusOpus Posts: 282 ✭
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I been thinking of selling an extra 1913 NGC MS64 Type 1 Buffalo Nickel that I have. Watching the sales of said nickels on EBay and the prices have been between $55-$75. I saw this: LINK

and was curious as to the price. It's at $76 with 3 days to go.

Is it the toning, mint, both, what?
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity"

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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's a combination of the color, the photos, and the seller, who has been selling
    such material on eBay for many years and has a huge audience.
    My Roosevelt Dime Registry Set
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    The rush for toned coins, has seemed to have
    moderated over the past year. Possibly due to
    the fickle nature of collectors, the sky high
    prices of such material or the growing concern
    about doctoring of a number of such toned coins.
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • FrankmasonFrankmason Posts: 51
    Natural tone vs artificial tone is a question that will probably be argued for a long time. I have seen nicely toned (what I would think are natural) not sell even for what a blast white or dipped example might sell for....and have seen ridiculously obvious doctored coins sell for 20X more! There seems to be nothing consistent to answer this question.
  • kryptonitecomicskryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭
    The answer to your questions is yes as long as someone finds the toning to be eye appealing.
    Kryptonitecomics Ebay Auctions
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    It's the seller, he's a highly respected board member and people love to bid his auctions.
    Personally I don't think that nickel is anything to get excited over but that's just my opinion.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • nicetoning42107nicetoning42107 Posts: 1,162
    The mintmark will make a large difference in this one.

    In MS64:
    The 1913-P type 1 Bids at $57.
    The 1913-D type 1 Bids at $85.
    The 1913-S type 1 Bids at $195.

    That particular toning on that 13-D type 1 should bring a premium over the $85 because the colors are positively appealing.



    A lie told often enough becomes the truth. ~Vladimir Lenin
  • KozmanKozman Posts: 275 ✭✭
    Toning does command a premium according to some of the prices I have seen advertised in COIN WORLD. Looks like double or tripled the price over an untoned piece.
    KozMc Mercs FB and Varieties

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