After a not-so-great long weekend, I was very pleased to receive a Washington Quarter Dansco (1965-1998) that I was expecting. I knew there were some toners in there, but I did not expect it to be to this extent. Almost all the clads were very toned. Once again, none of the silver issues were toned. I have noticed this in Ike and Roosevelt albums as well. When the clads are toned, the silver's are not. As a bonus, whoever put this set together, included both SMS and BS strikes for 65,66, and 67. To top it all off, when I opened the package, there was a Roosevelt Dansco filled from 1965-1999. Guess what? Half of those are extremely toned (Haven't imaged them yet). I immediately messaged the seller (whom I do not know) and let them know they accidentally sent me the dime album. The response was: "It was a gift. Surprise!" I was floored by his generosity. Especially since the quarter album was a steal to begin with. Anyway, wanted to share some of the highlights. More great examples of what natural album toning will look like on clad coins. You can view all of them here if you're feeling squirrelly. Thank for looking. -greg 1965 Business Strike 1965 SMS 1966 Business Strike 1966 SMS 1967 Business Strike 1967 SMS
Greg is the man with the eye for TONE. LOVE those Washies, and I don't even collect them. Fabulous score in getting those album toned beauties!
Wow!! Those include some really great coins. The '83-D and '82-P are quite nice. The '80-D and '82-D are type "d" reverse (the '80-D is scarce as type "d"). Some of the early dates are very nice as well and all the toning looks pretty good.
What a score... Congratulations! I'd like to shake the hand of that collector. The toning is undeniably attractive but the overall condition of the coins is what strikes me the most. So what's his story? Any idea how he went about assembling this? What was his reason for selling? I had to laugh when I looked at that 83-P. I just wanted to say to the US Mint..."really guys?"
