I'm going through my collection atm, and i ran across this washington i picked up when i first started collecting. Back then, the "too good to be true" color got me to buy it, now, it looks like sombody hit it with a blowtorch What do you guys think?
Yeah, it's got luster, it just looks, unreal. Usually, i can pick an AT coin out a mile away, just, the luster on this on throws me off. What makes me think it's ATed, is the extreme toning difference on the obverse/reverse.
IF the color in the images is true-to-life, I actually think it's probably OK. The obverse color is very unusual looking, but the reverse color and pattern is like that which I have seen on a good number of naturally toned examples.
It Looks like NT to me , but even the tpgs have trouble with guestionable toning , how about one sides NT the other is AT . LOL rzage
The pic is dead on. I'm trying to decide if i want to sell it on feebay or not, so, i wanna be 100% sure it's natural. I mean, toned coins are usually what i aim to collect, and like i said before, generally, i can tell if it's NT or AT. This one just has me stumped
Cody , then just state that in the description , that you think it's NT but can't be 100% sure . rzage:hatch::hammer:
It would be very helpful to me if someone published some pretty indepth information with color photos on what to look for to distinguish NT from AT. Maybe such a publication isn't really feasible, or maybe it exists and I don't know about it.
I've never seen such a guide before, although there was a good post on PCGS a few years back that I'll try and dig up. Personally, I look for coins that are unquestionably naturally toned -- for instance coins that I've owned personally or can trace back to someone who has stored the coin naturally, and memorize the "look". While this is not a 100% sure method as the coin doctors can mimic these looks, it does help cut down on the obviously AT coins.
I'm not sure if this is the thread in question, but either way, it's a worthwhile read:http://forums.collectors.com/messag...readid=304983&highlight_key=y&keyword1=toning
Well to know for sure. Just heat up with an acetylene torch for awhile. Then you will know its AT. Traci
Actually you won't know anything for sure. Just because some artificial methods can produce similar toning doesn't prove a thing. Natural toning can occur in so many different ways and with an infinite number of "looks". And any natural toning can be reproduced, quite accurately, by artificial methods. I too would say that the OP's coin was naturally toned.
