the coolest toned morgan I have owned so far.

i just picked this up fro 2 over melt. unc 1900. it is bright purple. i know its tame compared to others, but it is the nicest i have owned YET.

 

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i also grabbed this bullion round just for the toning. its hard to show with the proof finish. really nice copper red with oil sheen like toning around the rim.

 

this is in sunlight.

 

Love that bullion round!

 

at first glance i thought it was one of those copper rounds. i was shocked it was only ten year old silver.

 

Messed with your photos, keep what I made. If you don't like it, I will edit this to remove it.


Hopefully you like what I did.

 

Morgan looks damaged, no offense.

 

none taken. care to explain?

 

i love it! thanks! did you do this with photoshop?

 

Nice looking toner. Don't know if its just me, but the 1890-O looks a bit off. The mint mark looks off, might be just the picture though.

 

Photoscape, actually. I have really come to love it.

 

Toning is way too dark... all toning is a form of environmental damage... sometimes it's pretty, sometimes it's nominal, and in other cases, as is the case with your coin, at least as far as your pics show, it progresses too far and crosses the line between acceptable and not acceptable.

 

um.....okay. this thing is FAR from terminal. http://www.jhonecash.com/research/sunnywood_classification.asp

 

I'm well aware of the classification for types of toning. It's just my opinion and I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole... I've never seen color like that, so consistently, over a Morgan. So in my humble opinion, it falls under damage. Not to mention, I'm not 100% sure it's not AT.

 

to each his own. but you obviously dont if you cant tell the difference between something entering stage 2 with blue coming in on her chin, cheeks and in the fields, and near terminal deep magenta. but thanks for stopping by the thread.

 

That violet patina is rather common on Morgan Dollars and I would not consider the toning terminal. Here is an example of another Morgan with similar coloration.



My concern is that your photos make both coins look very washed out and lack luster indicating over-dipping or harsh cleaning. FWIW, I consider that type of toning neutral with respect to the grade of the coin. It neither enhances or detracts from the eye appeal of the coin.

 

i am going to run up to grab some batteries and take a few more in different light. a cleaning is 100% possible, but i am certain its NT. at $2 over melt, i wasnt passing.

 

Try to use two gooseneck desk lamps with white lighting placed at 10 & 2 o'clock. Put another coin under the Morgan at the bottom to angle the coin in the light an place the coin as close to the lights as you can without having glare show through on the photo. Make sure the camera is at least 6-8 inches away from the surface of the coin to ensure that the camera does not cast a shadow on the coin.

 

Looking forward to some new pics, may very well change my opinion...

 

i downloaded and installed photoscape, but for some reason it wont let me do anything with the pics on my camera. do i need to save them to a file on my pc first? when i do that, they lose the large file size, and it affects the quality.