Another nice Morgan toner from an auction (not one of Shane's). I loved the reverse on this one, and it will join me soon also.
Very nice. I think I remember looking at this one for my toned Morgan Date Set and really liked it. Unfortunately, I had bought an 1880 just days before. Happens everytime.
I just LOVE those golden reverses. Turns a garden variety Morgan common date coin into a true work of art, IMHO.
I find the reverse toning a bit distracting, to be honest. However, you buy coins for you not me, so congrats on your NEWP and I hope you enjoy the coin for years to come and in good health.
Ahh, I was wavering back and forth on that one. I thought the fairly clean fields made up for the cheek, but I guess not. I have seen alot worse looking 63's, so you got a nice one.
Can someone please explain on why y'all love toning so much? Or is it mostly personal preference? I think it makes a coin look.....dirty? for lack of better words. In my opinion... SHINY is goooooooood!:hail:
Mostly personal preference. It's like a woman with and without makeup. Some like it some don't, but either way you have something different and a little unique.
Toners can look VERY different coin to coin, so you can get alot of variety within the same series. If you have hundreds of coins of a similar grade from the same series, all flashy and shiny and silvery, and perfect looking, well.... They tend to all look the same. Gets old after a while. I have 80+ Kennedy proofs, mostly all PF69UC, while a great looking coin IMHO, I am kinda bored from the perfect camero proof coin right now. Maybe that's why people with hot spouses tend to get caught with other people, shiny and silvery/white perfection can get boring.
I could just as easily say "how can you possibly like those blazing white dipped coins from the 1870s and 1880s?" I hope you know that brilliant white coins from that era have definitely been dipped to remove what was deemed as unattractive toning, as Silver will tarnish (tone) with age.
Natural toning gives the antique coins of the 19th and early to mid 20th centuries some character. Besides which, most methods of today, which would be utilized to remove that tarnish, if done improperly; and in the majority of cases is done by inexperienced people, would do more harm than good.
Here are better sets of pix that show the coin in hand. It is a lot more golden than the seller's pictures:
