Thread: What toned coin to buy?

Originally Posted by Lehigh96

Yellow-Magenta-Cyan is the typical color progression:

I'll have to take a copy of this coin pic with me. I am color blind. I see colors, just see them different. I see the basic Blue, Green, Yellow ect. The Magenta, Cyan, ect. don't exist to me. That's the wife's job. In fact I think I will down load a few of the nickels and cents also so I can compare.

Thanks to all.

Originally Posted by sonlarson

I'll have to take a copy of this coin pic with me. I am color blind. I see colors, just see them different. I see the basic Blue, Green, Yellow ect. The Magenta, Cyan, ect. don't exist to me. That's the wife's job. In fact I think I will down load a few of the nickels and cents also so I can compare.

Thanks to all.

No worries, magenta and cyan are just fancy words. Magenta is anything in the red family (eg pink-fuschia) and cyan is the blue-green family (eg turquoise-emerald). In the color progression yellow-magenta-cyan, you will see progression from color to color frequently. For example, yellow then orange then magenta. The orange is the combination of yellow and magenta.

Here is an example of a Jefferson Nickel with the yellow-magenta-cyan color progression shown in gold-pink-lime green.

Here is an example of what I'm talking about (late 50's mint set toners, compliments of UtahCoin from the PCGS forums):




NOTE: The nickels are the toughest to find toned, as shown in the above photos. Often what you find is toned silver and copper, with slight toning of the nickels, as shown above.

NOTE: Notice the color of the nickels -- a light sky-blue (ref: Lehigh's AT nickel thread).

NOTE: The copper is toned only on one side (ref: a post by the_man who suggested one-sided toners are either roll-toned or AT).

In the '50s Mint Sets shades of blue are far and away the most common. Shades of yellow would be next and reds the least common. But there are some absolutely fabulous coins to be found in these sets.

Problem is, so many people are aware of this and have been aware of it for so many years that the sets are badly picked over and many of them have been broken up to be slabbed.

So if you run across one of these sets with 65 or better coins and nice color - you better pick it up. And don't be afraid to pay a premium - just don't go completely nuts like Lehigh

Originally Posted by GDJMSP

In the '50s Mint Sets shades of blue are far and away the most common. Shades of yellow would be next and reds the least common. But there are some absolutely fabulous coins to be found in these sets.

Problem is, so many people are aware of this and have been aware of it for so many years that the sets are badly picked over and many of them have been broken up to be slabbed.

So if you run across one of these sets with 65 or better coins and nice color - you better pick it up. And don't be afraid to pay a premium - just don't go completely nuts like Lehigh

That is good advice, but I wouldn't worry Doug. If the wife is there, no chance he is going to go nuts.

So many choices. Now I will have to do my homework and decide.

Thanks for all the help, especially Lehigh and Leadfoot.

It will be hard to decide, the Morgans and the Nickels both look awesome.

I will keep an eye out for the Mint set.

Looks like I will have a fun time, very much looking forward to it.