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  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    Pricey image
  • StellaStella Posts: 732 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Who wouldn't want to buy a rare item like that Silver Eagle? After all, it is described as a "FANTASTIC GADZILLA." image
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  • CB2597CB2597 Posts: 3,042
    WoWimage
  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> GADZILLA." image >>










    I was wondering who would be the first to pick that upimage




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  • baddogssbaddogss Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Way to much $$ and not attractive, just my opinion.
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  • coolestcoolest Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    I should contact the seller and offer him a few more just like that, fresh out of the oven, for half that price. image
  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wonder if I can get half the price for mineimage

    But, mine is not as colorfulimage

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  • gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭
    He has several of them and all look about the same. Do you think he would sell his AT recipie?image
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,277 ✭✭✭
    A little dip would help that coin.
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,497 ✭✭✭✭
    Its always amazing to see these actually slab but then they are 99.999 fine silver and fairly susceptible to toning. Ron (Bochiman) has some nice "closet toners"!
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,789 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I should contact the seller and offer him a few more just like that, fresh out of the oven, for half that price. image >>




    Let's see you make them "just like that". I would love to see it.

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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,789 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Its always amazing to see these actually slab but then they are 99.999 fine silver and fairly susceptible to toning. Ron (Bochiman) has some nice "closet toners"! >>




    Nothing like that one though....mine seem to tone a little darker with the air here....
    (not for everyone's taste but, knowing they at NT and given the look, I personally like some of these image )


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  • Coll3ctorColl3ctor Posts: 3,386 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I should contact the seller and offer him a few more just like that, fresh out of the oven, for half that price. image >>




    In the oven on one side only ?
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,789 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>I should contact the seller and offer him a few more just like that, fresh out of the oven, for half that price. image >>




    I the oven on one side only ? >>



    Doubt it, which is why I posted and told him I would love to see what he could do like that.

    I understand that people like to try to be funny, but I also like to see some substance behind claims and posts like that (because I have never tried the oven/skillet/potato/sulfur/etc tricks that people claim do things) so I can learn what to look for. If they can't, then maybe they shouldn't be so flippant.


    Flippancy is quite rampant around here and it really detracts at times.

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  • fcfc Posts: 12,804 ✭✭✭
    a bullion round slabbed as 68.. with an asking price of 2000+.

    what is there not to like? ;-)
  • drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm in on the competition too...
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  • Rupert305Rupert305 Posts: 557 ✭
    drwstr123 that is a very beautiful coin. Don't really care if it's NT or AT.
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  • drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,053 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>drwstr123 that is a very beautiful coin. Don't really care if it's NT or AT. >>


    I can't really tell you, I had it in a coin envelope and it slid to the back of my old monitor. A year later this came out???
  • coolestcoolest Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>drwstr123 that is a very beautiful coin. Don't really care if it's NT or AT. >>


    I can't really tell you, I had it in a coin envelope and it slid to the back of my old monitor. A year later this came out??? >>



    I was going to ask if it was the Taco Bell napkin technique?
    But the coin looks great. And that is natural toning to me.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,484 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a lot to pay for fake tarnish.

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  • NHSBaseballNHSBaseball Posts: 2,470 ✭
    HMMMM- Do I spend my cash on that or a 180 year old classic capped bust half dime in MS-64?

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  • rainbowroosierainbowroosie Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭✭
    That's a lot to pay for fake tarnish.

    Yes, a lot of money...I'd say $350 is about right. However, that is 100% NT.image
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,789 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That's a lot to pay for fake tarnish. >>



    Perryhall...how do you know it is fake?
    I don't. Some of it looks NT to me. Help educate me in how you can tell it is fake tarnish.

    I do think it is way overpriced.....some will likely pay a few hundred for it. I would probably pay ~$50ish myself though.

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  • pakasmompakasmom Posts: 1,920 ✭
    I'm not that into toners... but Drawstrings' eagle IS pretty.
  • LokiLoki Posts: 897 ✭✭
    I'd buy it but the seller doesn't offer free shipping. image
  • coinnuttiuscoinnuttius Posts: 547


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    << <i>That's a lot to pay for fake tarnish. >>



    Perryhall...how do you know it is fake?
    I don't. Some of it looks NT to me. Help educate me in how you can tell it is fake tarnish.

    I do think it is way overpriced.....some will likely pay a few hundred for it. I would probably pay ~$50ish myself though. >>



    It's totally NT. Couple hundred is right IMO. Seller is uhh odd: 'any reasonable offer' on the text, but 'high price because I really do not want to sell it' in the Q&A section. Well, it's fraudbay...
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  • nicetoning42107nicetoning42107 Posts: 1,162
    This Gadzilla Silver Eagle is absolutely 100% NT, beautifully toned, and probably worth between $250 and $500 depending on who sees it to bid on it.
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm still waiting for those saying it is AT and they can do it in the oven to come on back and tell us/me how (and hopefully they have pictures of ones they cooked up that look just like that).
    They must have gone to the Longacre school of posting (1 hit wonders) image

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,612 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not mine, but still nice. Graded out at a 67 IIRC.

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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    The seller's first pict looks kinda wild but the rest look normal. Price is about $2,500 too much though, IMO.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • PCcoinsPCcoins Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭
    The price is just crazy! I don't see a 68 either? but what do I know, I like drwstr123 coin better. I will give you $2000 for it image
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  • coinnuttiuscoinnuttius Posts: 547


    << <i>I'm still waiting for those saying it is AT and they can do it in the oven to come on back and tell us/me how (and hopefully they have pictures of ones they cooked up that look just like that).
    They must have gone to the Longacre school of posting (1 hit wonders) image >>



    Dang.. I already posted image(
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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    Toning is one answer to milkspots. They aren't eliminated but aren't as unattractive.

    Where's the sticker on that slab BTW. Oh that's right, it's not a real coin. Paing over two grand for an ounce of silver bullion? As long as people wanna make that market, that's their thing. I don't dig it it, but I don't dig lots of other things too.
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    From what I have seen, toning won't cover the milkspots, if they are there. It will change the overall look of the coin, and maybe that is what you are referring to, as it will make the focal point on the toning rather than untoned silver where the focal point would be on the milkspots since they are a change of the color/composition.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,484 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Perryhall...how do you know it is fake?
    I don't. Some of it looks NT to me. Help educate me in how you can tell it is fake tarnish. >>



    I can see someone putting silver coins in a sulfur rich enviornment for a few months to create very expensive toned coins so they can be sold on eBay for a big profit. The toning may be NT but I'm suspicious that it had some help.



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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,500 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For $60-$75 I might be a buyer.

    I don't find the toning attractive, looks like it fought with a red Crayon.

    Bochiman's toners, very nice.

    drwstr123's toner, nothing to say, but WOW.

    Wish mine would tone like that, I'm good at milk spots though. image

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,612 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>From what I have seen, toning won't cover the milkspots, if they are there. It will change the overall look of the coin, and maybe that is what you are referring to, as it will make the focal point on the toning rather than untoned silver where the focal point would be on the milkspots since they are a change of the color/composition. >>



    Of course the spotted area won't tone because something else [most likely chlorine based] is tying up those surface atoms that would normally be available to react with toning species. I'd use a little touch up paint on the spots.image
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  • DenverDaveDenverDave Posts: 2,164

    Here's one in the original packaging, black cardboard with a plastic sleeve...

    The coin sits in the holder kockeyed, where the toning is on the coin sits below the edge of the holder...

    Allowing for a little pocket of gas to build up and make a beautiful Sun Rise...

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  • newbiecollectornewbiecollector Posts: 2,992
    Here is one of mine just starting to tone
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  • nicetoning42107nicetoning42107 Posts: 1,162


    << <i>From what I have seen, toning won't cover the milkspots, if they are there. It will change the overall look of the coin, and maybe that is what you are referring to, as it will make the focal point on the toning rather than untoned silver where the focal point would be on the milkspots since they are a change of the color/composition. >>



    Yeah, the nice toning looks nice but then you see the untoned areas and realize they are spots. Then the spots are almost as bad as the fingerprints.
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  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How about these two....should I submitimage




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  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One more



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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Interesting, I don't have any protective packaging on mine and none show signs of toning. image

  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,789 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Interesting, I don't have any protective packaging on mine and none show signs of toning. image >>



    But, I bet you are healthy (with the air you breathe) image

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  • drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,053 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Interesting, I don't have any protective packaging on mine and none show signs of toning. image >>


    Silver tarnishes easily, just ask anyone who has had to polish the silver service. Leave it out anywhere, it will change.
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Interesting, I don't have any protective packaging on mine and none show signs of toning. image >>



    But, I bet you are healthy (with the air you breathe) image >>



    Not sure about that with all the spare the air days we seem to have in the bay area. image

    I hope to move to the puget sound area of Washington where the air thing will be fixed. image
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,484 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Interesting, I don't have any protective packaging on mine and none show signs of toning. image >>


    Silver tarnishes easily, just ask anyone who has had to polish the silver service. Leave it out anywhere, it will change. >>



    ASE's which are 999 pure silver seem to more easily tone than sterling silver (925) and coin silver (900).



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