So I went to a club meeting and during the auction picked up this dime that now I wish I had looked a little closer at it before I bid. I don't know why it was described as being rainbow toned but I thought I would post it to see what you all thought of it. It was near the last thing on the list and I got it in the heat of the moment. And it was graded VF, which I don't understand. I would have graded it AF for Awful!
Well, I wasn't expecting this when I saw your title! I would question the person in your club who listed it as rainbow toning.....but it's to late now! Hope you got it for under melt.
I agree with you @John Skelton. Not a coin I'd like to own. Personally, I would describe that as "toned." It doesn't count as "rainbow" unless there are at least 3 distinct colors visible, IMO. I could understand someone calling it "rainbow" if there were 2 colors, but not this.
Yeah, that thing is toast, hope you got it for melt. That isn't rainbow toning, that is basically terminal toning.
I wouldn't call it "terminal" until it's gone black, but yeah, the obverse is getting there. I have a couple of coins that have that kind of brown/russett toning going on that I like. This would not be one of them, if I owned this coin.
That's the kind of toning that a dime in a Whitman book for most of it's life looks like. Not very attractive at all.
I would call it fugly toned, I'm sure after buying it you agree. Fortunately it's a small ticket item. Just place it in your junk silver jar and move onward to another coin if you wish. Better luck next time!
Yeah, I think it's the worst $2.25 I ever spent. I may throw it into a future auction just to get rid of it. If I do what should I price it at?
Let me ask you this as a matter of learning. Does it look like a rainbow? I'm sure you answered no, so it's not a rainbow.