Post a Toned Coin

My latest aquisition.
It's a Reichstaler from Hamburg, struck in 1621 in xf condition with partially weak strike. Rarely seen nice rim toning with deep blue and orange hues.

 

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Nice coin. Lots of doubling on that. At first I thought it was pull away toning. Some movement during the strike it seems. Cool pick up!

 

I broke down and bought a GOLD Kennedy Half.



Liquid Gold.....

 

How do you tell if it's been cleaned and toned to hide the cleaning or if someone just artificially toned it?

 

Toned coins

 

Don't think my photos are good

 

What's a "tonner?"

 

Well I guess I won't bid on coins that have tone look to them as I have no clue, they are very nice looking coins though..../sigh

 

Images by Bob, who did an excellent job?

 

Really, they are not bad, at all. You can, if you like, crop away the extra space so the coins are more prominent. But look at eBay and you will see your pictures are pretty respectable.

I think every photographer probably thinks that every shot could be improved. I know I do.

 

You are correct.

My policy is that the First Time I post images of a coin I will acknowledge the photographer and offer appreciation of the images. After that, when I post the images again, I'll just post the images.

Most, but not all, of the coins I've had imaged have been imaged by Bob. I'm lucky that he's kind enough to be willing to image them. He's a Great photographer of coins!

 

Seems as good a time as any to post this coin. Since the current discussion is about photography and how we wish we could take a better photo, I finally had a breakthrough with this coin tonight. The coin is an absolutely amazing Jefferson War Nickel that displays a chameleon like iridescence on the obverse. When rotated into the light the center of the obverse swirls in shades of lavender-blue and kelly green. But when tilted the opposite way away from the light source that same area transforms into pastel shades of pink and yellow and the bright rainbow peripheral toning also comes out.

Until tonight, I was never able to capture the blue-green iridescence that is simply astonishing in hand. I feel like I can finally show this coin for what it really is. Please enjoy!

1942-S Jefferson Nickel PCGS MS67
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And accomplished through plastic, with all of its reflections - and often scuffs and scratches. Degree of Difficulty 10 / Performance 10!

 

My photo skills are weak so I’ll just post the images from the seller. It’s a bit darker in hand but has a nice range of colors.

 

I'm a little late to this, but could you Message me with contact info if he does this for others. I have limited success with raw coins, but almost no skill with entombed coins. Lighting is the key and I haven't figured it out yet.

 

I personally do not like tones coins. To me they are just tarnished like the silverware I have to polish. I can see the attraction because each toned coin is different, just not my cup of tea.

 

I posted this at the end of last year (post #21688) but I took new photos. For some reason the coin looked blue and dark in those pictures. This is more like the in-hand appearance.

 

Meanwhile, this 1944 Roosevelt arrived in today's mail.