I am guessing it will be deemed AT. Why do I think that? Weird purple pink color scattered around, if the images are accurate. Just my opinion, since you asked.
Worth a shot, honestly though I'm leaning that it's a little too questionable for them to pass it. The colors around the date, etc.
Color looks rushed, with near end-state colors at edges. AT, and overdone with the heat source. Good try though
Tuff one. If I've ever seen a 50/50 chance coin, this is it. But with your luck I'll say it pushes the mark and she gets stright graded lol
Sure looks natural to me, I've seen many coins with similar toning in TPG slabs. And seen many others (raw) in people's collections. That said, David Hall once claimed that all toned Peace dollars were AT - which is utter nonsense of course. And a great many of them have been slabbed by PCGS - which seems to confirm my point.
Billowing shades of blue, magenta, & burnt oweenge..... Hmmmmmmmm......... Ill go out on a branch here & its a natty album toner, especially being a $25ish circulated specimen, nice toning wouldn't really effect the value too much, so y doctor it??? Unless you're practicing ofcourse
Based on the complete coverage of the reverse with only peripheral toning on the obverse, I'm going to say that this coin is NT and resided in a coin folder for many years. This is a low grade common date Peace Dollar with very little numismatic value over silver spot. If your goal was to increase the value by creating eye appealing toning via AT, this should not and would not be the end result. To me, this type of toning drive absolutely no premium and actually detracts from the eye appeal of the coin.
I agree with your assessment that the coin is NT, but I disagree with your recollection of David Hall's comment which was on Coinfacts. He was talking exclusively about rainbow toned Peace Dollars, coins like this one.
