Funny how these 1964s all toned pretty much the same way. Anyway, I really like these. Enjoy these terrible pictures...
Out of curiosity, how have these been stored? Is there much luster on these? They look dull in your pictures, but I'm trying to figure out if that's just the picture.
It's just the pictures. They were taken with a digital camera quite a few years ago, I don't recall exactly when. These were stored loose in a cloth bank bag among other silver halves until I decided to get them all out and roll most and put the rest into cardboard flips. There's luster and they do the "cartwheel roll" but it's not at all "booming" or in any way spectacular. There aren't breaks in the remaining luster, either, there just isn't a heck of a lot of luster. I know what you're curious about, and I am, too. I wish I had an answer to it. All I'm pretty sure of is these were toned when I took them out of the bag, and were among most in the bag that remained "white" and lustrous as anything. These toned further in the flips. I know that, as I was keeping track of them then.
Why, because I collect coins? Horses can collect coins, there's no law against it. Some of my best collector friends are horses. So you really like these, huh?
I really do. I find the patterns of toning on 1964 Kennedy’s endlessly fascinating. So many were put away, and in so many different ways, the toned results of which have recently become obvious.
You should check out some of the '64's that were stuck away in the snap-close holders with cardboard inserts, many coupled with the postage stamp of the time. The radial edge toning is wild. The cardboard was not sulfur-free.
