AT VS NT on EBAY

AT wins.

I recently sold on Ebay a bunch of album toned Marcury dimes they all did fairly well at auction. I was pleased. However I was just watching some auctions where the seller disclosed that he artificialy tones his coins. His crazy color, XF/AU Mercurys all sold for higher than mine. Personaly I think they are ugly, but I think the money is in AT.

 

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It seems to have crossed over into exonumia at this point. A lot of doctors aren't afraid to work right out in the open. Why should they, when people buy their stuff, same as coin jewelry, or gold-plated pieces?

 

it is sad when i have beautiful NT coins that no one bids on and then someone who doctors their coins makes a killing. i just don't understand it.

 

That's just messed up. I've seen a guy list a basic XF capped half that he AT himself (along with all his other coins). He did a fairly nice job, but prices it at about $3K. Someday a fool will buy it, and I'll smack my forehead. Ah, if only I didn't have a conscience, or a soul....

 

If you want to buy AT coins, check out the listings from this seller. He's the king of AT, and not afraid to admit it, he freely states in all his auctions that his coins are artificially toned. But people still like his stuff, and it sells like hotcakes. Over 10,000 feedbacks and 100% positive rating.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/cwbyup1051/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

 

Which I don't understand at all. I bought a piece from him, just to see what it was like in hand, and I'm telling you it was fugly. His pictures are as doctored as his coins.

 

i don't even have to look at the link and i can guess who it is. i guess i am in the wrong business

 

I know I am just a rookie, and a bunch of you guys are pros, but be careful buying "toned" Lincolns also. I did an experiment on a circulated 1980. I noticed some purple and green tints while checking my daily pocket change with a loupe. I took a rag made from a t-shirt and buffed it a little. This brought out more colors. I took it and washed it with some mild hand soap and it brought out even more. It looks cleaned but the soap toned it. I could probably pass it off as a toned coin to another rookie but a vet would notice it was cleaned at first glance. Heck, I am a semi rookie and I would notice. But I bet I could put it on ebay and it would sell for $1 or so. Ever since I did that experiment, I have doubted the "toned" lincolns. I can't get the colors to show with this usb scope but here it is anyway.

 

guess i need to break out all my AT stuff. i need to get rid of it at some point. i just didn't want to sell it while i was selling beautiful NT coins

 

i have trouble getting bids on stuff as well. if you start a auction at a penny, you usually lose money.

 

1st. Raw coins on ebay are 50/50 chance of being doctored.
2nd. There about 50-200 members @cointalk that sell on ebay.
There were u will find real toned coin.
Everyone @ Cointalk that sell raw coins on ebay know that Rep is on the line.

 

I wish I knew for sure who they were. I am working on my 1909-1940 lincolns now.

 

These are 3 cents that I believe are naturaly toned. I found these in a pile of cents at a antique shop.

 

and I would avoid stuff that looks like this

 

i don't think that '43 or '74 is NT on the fence on the '35

 

I think I know who that is on ebay, and I would have to admit that he's one of the "better" coin doctors out there on ebay (if that's even possible!). At least his coin's have attractive toning patterns and still have a bunch of luster.

 

i know it debatable but the 43 has toning pattern i see in coins that are sealed in those plastic sets. i paid .20 cents for them they were just in a junk box of wheat cents

 

the price is right. i am not sure if steel would tone like that. someone else might chime in differently.

 

my logic at the time was, who would AT a coin then throw it in a box with other non toned cents and place it on a shelf at a dinky antique store in the middle of nowhere ans sell it for .20 cents.

 

I've found a few that look like that from searching boxes.