Post a Toned Coin

The other one I found last week arrived -- a 1951 S

 

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Any tips on photographing toned coins? I've got a gorgeous toned walking liberty that I (and my girlfriend, who is a professional photographer) have tried and tried to photograph. I can never get the colors to show up very well. In person, it's got a great rainbow coloration, but in photographs, it turns out brown.

 

Angle your camera when imaging the coin. I recently received a great block of instructions from GBroke. Two absolutely stunning photographers to talk to would be GBroke and Robec.

 

Does this look like natural or artificial toning to you?

 

Nice onzas!
I've recently acquired a taste for toned Mexican coins.

My recent ones:

 

Wow, that 53 is gorgeous!

 

I would be curious to see the reverse. Although, I suspect it would not be considered market acceptable. But I have seen crazier ones get slabbed, usually ASE's.

 

Here's the reverse. I am still trying to learn how to separate NT from AT but I have a long way to go. This one got a grade.

 

I didn't realize it was silver bullion. This wild toning seems to be accepted more on the silver rounds. So I'm not surprised it got a grade.

As far as learning the difference between AT and NT, it's not that black and white. There is a third category you need to consider when evaluating the toning. That being, incidental toning. Meaning, although the toning was not purposely or rapidly created intentionally, it is a bi-product of other factors like improper storage. So, when a TPG says a coin has "questionable color", they are simply stating it is not "market acceptable". This could mean it was improperly stored, not that it is flat out artificial. Also consider, the acceptability of toning patterns and colors will vary between coin types.

Here are a couple examples of what I would consider incidental toning.

 

Keep seeing these toned proofs on here, so I had to pick one up today:





It's about to take a trip to PCGS with some friends.

 

That's a beauty. Keep us posted on the grade. 66BN would be great.

 

That is a great Proof!!!

 

You and Bob are the ones gettin me on this darned toned proof addiction

 

LOL well in that case blame Bob and Winged cause they sucked me in as well. Of course if I am going to be blamed for something I will take your blame

 

Looks AT to me. DISCLAIMER: I don't pretend to be an expert on toning. This one just doesn't look natural though.

 

That is definitely market acceptable toning IMO. I like it!

 

If it's tarnish, of course, it's natural. That's not to say it's not one weird-looking thing.

 

I just got this 1883 dime today.

 

Sorry for the slab glare. Hopefully better shots are coming. PCGS PR67 Cameo