New Purchase: Smashing 1958 Toned Mint Set

**Magman** · 06-01-2009 09:18 PM

Here's just a taste, I'll post the rest tomorrow once I can get some good pictures Click here to enlarge

**the_man12** · 06-01-2009 09:27 PM

Those look nice! For some reason there are a lot of nicely toned 1958 coins.

**Magman** · 06-01-2009 11:05 PM

thanks to the tissue paper and cardboard it was in Click here to enlarge

(for the mint sets that is)

**Danr** · 06-01-2009 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by the_man12

Those look nice! For some reason there are a lot of nicely toned 1958 coins.

true dat

**bqcoins** · 06-01-2009 11:55 PM

I concur.

**Magman** · 06-02-2009 01:58 AM

Reverse of the quarter Click here to enlarge

**kanga** · 06-02-2009 07:07 AM

Now I have to go look at my sets.
I think I have Mint sets back to 1950 (it's been a long time since they've seen the light of day and my mind is a bit fuzzy -- age thing).

**GDJMSP** · 06-02-2009 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by Magman

thanks to the tissue paper and cardboard it was in Click here to enlarge

(for the mint sets that is)

Has to be more to it than that. All of them from '47 thru '58 had the same holders, but only the '58 is really known for spectacular toning. Sure it happened with other dates, but only in isolated cases.

**Leadfoot** · 06-02-2009 04:38 PM

57 is also found spectacularly toned, as are occasionally the 56s. I suspect the type of cardboard these coins were shipped with (and the sulfur contained therein) caused the toning. It would be interesting to do some research to see if the sourcing of the cardboard (or the manufacturing process) changed over that time period.

**Magman** · 06-02-2009 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by GDJMSP

Has to be more to it than that. All of them from '47 thru '58 had the same holders, but only the '58 is really known for spectacular toning. Sure it happened with other dates, but only in isolated cases.

ah, OK. I said that since I've seen '56 and '57 sets with some fantastic toning too. Click here to enlarge

**tmoneyeagles** · 06-02-2009 06:08 PM

I wanna see the rest...
Good enough to make me drool?... MMMMMM MMM GOOD?

**Magman** · 06-02-2009 06:40 PM

I can't get a good picture of the Reverse.

The other Franklin is blue on the obverse and other colors on the reverse (but nothing like that quarter).
The cents arent picture worthy, and the nickels arent too bad - one of them is also blue (lot's of blue coins, which I like).

Here's the other quarter.
Unfortunately the obverse has that non-lustrous toning Click here to enlarge