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It Was Tempting For Sure...

BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
To bid on this.

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I like this one better; thick, rich brilliant toning that looks like you could scrape it off with a putty knife.

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  • pakasmompakasmom Posts: 1,920
    That extra patch of green is lovely on the '85 alright... and the colors are deeper all the way around.
  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    Huge waste of money.....
































    Just kidding. I don't collect morgans so I thought I'd pretend I was one of the guys who disses all the coins he doesn't collect.

    Didn't really feel very good.

    --Jerry
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That extra patch of green is lovely on the '85 alright... and the colors are deeper all the way around. >>



    And the slab looks like a reholder candidate or at the least a polish job.
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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    Since I chimed in on this thread I guess I should admit that I find those coins very attractive. --Jerry
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Since I chimed in on this thread I guess I should admit that I find those coins very attractive. --Jerry >>



    Agreed and the first one didn't sell.
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    not a big fan of toners.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "...thick, rich brilliant toning that looks like you could scrape it off with a putty knife." And the 'tarnish' may well have been applied that way....image Cheers, RickO
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,625 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ricko, you get a soup spoon award, brother.
  • IrishMikeyIrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭
    And to think, I used to pass on the "Reverse-Only" toners. image
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>And to think, I used to pass on the "Reverse-Only" toners. image >>



    Well, there is a 50:50 chance it will tone on either side. Why pass on a nice coin just because the toning chose the "wrong" side. Some toning actually looks better on the reverse.
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>"...thick, rich brilliant toning that looks like you could scrape it off with a putty knife." And the 'tarnish' may well have been applied that way....image Cheers, RickO >>



    I have my fair share of blast white coins and after awhile it do get kind of tegious tryin to look thru several boxes of the things. Why would anyone take an attractive premium priced coin and dip it maybe into a blast white common date, even commoner grade widget, that you can already buy by the pickup truckful? If you dipped either of those toners, you'd be lucky to get em back as 64s if they'd even grade at all.
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is one coin that looks better toned on the reverse instead of the obverse. It could easily be a great depiction of the mythological Phoenix rising from the ashes. The same toning on the obverse would be kind of blah IMO.



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  • pakasmompakasmom Posts: 1,920
    Is the '85 P yours? It's stunning!

  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Is the '85 P yours? It's stunning! >>



    Yes it is Gayla. Thanks for the compliment.
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