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Unusual toning pattern or "Mr Roosevelt needs to shave"

BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
Raw, relatively low cost pick up. Trying to see if I like the toning or not....I do like the colors and vibrancy, but this "pattern" leaves me gasping image
Guess the grade, if you wish. I know what I bought it at, but it isn't professionally graded.
Also, the reverse is slightly rotated (can't see it in the picture, but it is probably 15degrees or so.

Edit: Oh yeah, looks like Mrs Roosevelt popped him a good one in the eye image
I will also say, if I were a grader, I would hate coins like this with that type of toning pattern. (I've got another one similiar with the toning pattern but not the same color)


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I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ron, it is coins like this that reinforce my passion for blast white silver. image Cheers, RickO
  • As with most Mint set toned dimes...it's going to be either an MS66 or MS67 and since I don't see a lot of surface marks I am calling it an MS67 FT at either grading service
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a '46 so not a mint set toner.
    I picked it up locally a few years ago, I think.
    I couldn't tell if it was week on the design or AU though. Roosevelts are not something I am comfortable grading. FB or not FB, yes. Grading, no.

    I still can't get over that spot right on his eye....kind of funny.
    Lack of sharpness in the upper left quadrant on the reverse is where I was playing with light positioning and put it too close to getting in the image itself image

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • I still believe it's a mint set toner....regardless of the fact that it may not have started out its life in a mint set in 1946...it has classic mint set toning and so many coins were stuck in the old holders it is very likely that is how this coin acquired its toning image

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