The Monster Toned Coin Game Thread

As for the Piastre, this will be the first major disagreement so far. To me, it was a low end 5. There are nice colors on both sides and the reverse had some greens mixed in. I can see the argument for a 4 as the grade could be a limiter and there are some toning breaks.

 

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Summary
Rd. 1: 1883-O Morgan NGC MS63* [Obv]...CT -> 3.6 (Mid) vs You -> 4 (Mid-High)
Rd. 2: 1880 Morgan PCGS MS62 [Obv]...CT -> 2.7 (Low-Mid) vs You -> 3 (Mid)
Rd. 3: 1881-S Morgan PCGS MS65 [Rev]...CT -> 3 (Mid) vs You -> 3 (Mid)
Rd. 4: 1880-S Morgan PCGS MS65 [Obv]...CT -> 4.6 (Mid-High) vs You -> 5 (High)
Rd. 5: 1880-S Morgan NGC MS66* [Obv]...CT -> 3.2 (Mid) vs You -> 3 (Mid)
Rd. 6: 1880-S Morgan PCGS MS?? [Rev]...CT -> 3.5 (Mid) vs You -> 3 (Mid)
Rd. 7: 1887 Morgan PCGS MS64 [Obv]...CT-> 4.2 (Mid-High) vs You-> 4 (Mid-High)
Rd. 8: 1939-D Lincoln PCGS MS65RB [Obv]...CT-> 4.1 (Mid-High) vs You-> 5 (High)
Rd. 9: 1972-D Ike PCGS MS63 [Obv]...CT-> 2.3 (Low-Mid) vs You-> 2 (Low-Mid)
Rd. 10: 1892 GB Half Crown PCGS MS64 [Dual]...CT-> 4 (Mid-High) vs You-> 4 (Mid-High)
Rd. 11: 1967 UK Half Crown PCGS MS65+ [Dual]...CT-> 3 (Mid) vs You-> 3 (Mid)
Rd. 12: 1963 Franklin NGC MS65+* FBL [Rev]...CT-> 4 (Mid-High) vs You-> 4 (Mid-High)
Rd. 13: 1884-O Morgan PCGS MS63+ [Obv]...CT -> 5 (High) vs You -> 5 (High)
Rd. 14: 1899 GB 6 Pence PCGS MS65 [Dual]...CT-> 5 (High) vs You-> 5 (High)
Rd. 15: 1926 F.I.C. Piastre PCGS AU58 [Dual]...CT-> 3 (Mid) vs You-> 5 (High)

 

And I have one more world coin for now and then the floor will be open:

 

Another 3

 

I'm sorry, but I find that peso distinctly unattractive.

I have a hard time calling it anything higher than a 2, and that's only because there are multiple colors on the obverse.

This is the first coin in this thread that I genuinely dislike.

 

Woof. I don't know who hit the contrast button on that picture, but that's what I'd call "juiced." Even the so-called TruView is a better picture than that!

 

Woah. While this coin may be very nice for the series (and yeah, I follow the series enough to know that this is a very nice piaster), on an absolute scale this falls solidly in a 3 category. Compare this piastre to the scale on the first page.... it is absolutely nowhere near a 5!

 

5 might be closer when compared to other world coins, but it's nowhere near a 3 either. To me it's clearly better than the 3 Morgan example even if the color was on a Morgan. I can understand it at 4.

 

The Peso is hard to judge from those pics. They appear to be some sort of axial set up pics for a proof coin...based on what I see the toning is not attractive to my eye, and almost detrimental. Different pics may prove otherwise. I’ll refrain from assigning a #.

 

3 on the Peso.

 

I like that one at 4 having seen the video. Proof toners tend to look like junk in images unless you’re a pro.

 

I have one if you don’t mind putting me in the queue.

 

Not really a fan. I’d say a 2 overall most likely dropped from a 3 because of eye appeal. Nice colors for sure but kind of splotchy. And at 62 I figure it has kind of a haze look from other angles.

 

Summary
Rd. 1: 1883-O Morgan NGC MS63* [Obv]...CT -> 3.6 (Mid) vs You -> 4 (Mid-High)
Rd. 2: 1880 Morgan PCGS MS62 [Obv]...CT -> 2.7 (Low-Mid) vs You -> 3 (Mid)
Rd. 3: 1881-S Morgan PCGS MS65 [Rev]...CT -> 3 (Mid) vs You -> 3 (Mid)
Rd. 4: 1880-S Morgan PCGS MS65 [Obv]...CT -> 4.6 (Mid-High) vs You -> 5 (High)
Rd. 5: 1880-S Morgan NGC MS66* [Obv]...CT -> 3.2 (Mid) vs You -> 3 (Mid)
Rd. 6: 1880-S Morgan PCGS MS?? [Rev]...CT -> 3.5 (Mid) vs You -> 3 (Mid)
Rd. 7: 1887 Morgan PCGS MS64 [Obv]...CT-> 4.2 (Mid-High) vs You-> 4 (Mid-High)
Rd. 8: 1939-D Lincoln PCGS MS65RB [Obv]...CT-> 4.1 (Mid-High) vs You-> 5 (High)
Rd. 9: 1972-D Ike PCGS MS63 [Obv]...CT-> 2.3 (Low-Mid) vs You-> 2 (Low-Mid)
Rd. 10: 1892 GB Half Crown PCGS MS64 [Dual]...CT-> 4 (Mid-High) vs You-> 4 (Mid-High)
Rd. 11: 1967 UK Half Crown PCGS MS65+ [Dual]...CT-> 3 (Mid) vs You-> 3 (Mid)
Rd. 12: 1963 Franklin NGC MS65+* FBL [Rev]...CT-> 4 (Mid-High) vs You-> 4 (Mid-High)
Rd. 13: 1884-O Morgan PCGS MS63+ [Obv]...CT -> 5 (High) vs You -> 5 (High)
Rd. 14: 1899 GB 6 Pence PCGS MS65 [Dual]...CT-> 5 (High) vs You-> 5 (High)
Rd. 15: 1926 F.I.C. Piastre PCGS AU58 [Dual]...CT-> 3 (Mid) vs You-> 5 (High)
Rd. 16: 1904 USP Peso NGC PF62 [Dual]...CT-> 2.8 (Low-Mid) vs You-> 4 (Mid-High)

 

The Peso is another one I'll have to disagree on. It's a nice variegated toner. And as a proof, it is different compared to business strike toners. It's also one of the nicer ones I've seen from the series that is below the 65 threshold. I've seen some others and the eye appeal on this one stood out.

 

@CircCam you are up

 

DD, it looks more like something was spilled on that coin than something that toned naturally/attractively. If you think that's a 4 (based on the scale posted on page 1), then I'm not sure this thread is terribly useful.

 

lol

 

My understanding was that we assign a number as it would relate to the series. I wouldn’t call that toning (Referring to the proof I guessed on) a 4 on a Morgan dollar personally but that’s a much different “canvas” so to speak than a proof in that series. Maybe I’m mixed up. Anywho, another non-Morgan above to opine on.