The Myth of toned coins.....

This is a no-brainer.. No were else in the history of collectables does anyone want toned, hazed, marbeled, irridesent, splottchy, or colored items.

How about marble collectors?



How can you argue with a coin like this?



"The Comet"

note: not my marbles nor my coin

 

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What can I say. He joined 11/11/09. Is there any way that can be wrong? He has only started 10 threads. Any way that can be wrong? The only way you could be right is if he has morphed himself and I see no way anyone here can prove/disprove that.

 

Did somebody say morphing????

 

Paintings do tone - from dust, smoke. etc. That is why they have professional restorers. Plus there are other areas where they want the original patina. Like guns and old weapons - clean them and they lose value like coins. And no I do not want blast white coins, nor do I want black toned or rainbow toned coins. As mentioned I would like to have original mint luster that has aged. At the same time I would not call it damage - sure some of the toning looks like it will eventually damage a coin, but not all of it would I call damage. Everyone should collect what they like. And it does make for an interesting topic.

And Doug you can't mean that for all coins in general. For example there are some common date buffalo's just booming with luster that too me (and maybe I am wrong) that look like they just came from the mint - same with some red lincoln cents. Now I may not know what they really looked like coming from the mint back in the 30's or 40's, but they look pretty close to me. Especially some of the coins from the hoards.

HEY - I think I missed an opportunity for an age joke.

 

sheesh!! no one claim they have a cough , someone will argue that you don't.

 

I will not pay a premium a toned Washington. I do enjoy a toned coin here and there. The really wild toned coins throw me for a loop. Most of the tie-die/neon looking ones turn me off. To me, they just don't look right. But that's me and collecting is all about one's preference. I'd never tell someone what's up to them to decide.

 

This is a great lookin toner. I feel the toning adds so much character to a coin if it is natural toning.

 

To each his own ...

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YOWZA!!! The "Comet" may force me to retract my previous statement that I didn't care for rainbow toned Morgans.

 

Wow

 

I agree with the poster who mentioned that his preference is not for the neon rainbow coins, but for the more subtle ones. I tend to agree, I have seen bust halves with wear that are so obviously dipped that it hurts to look at them. And some of the toned coins look to me to have been improperly stored, I would not pay a premium for them, though some do look pretty.

I think that in collecting there are more than the two adversarial choices, blast white or monsters of magenta.

 

Okay, this is off-topic, but someone posted photos that now make it necessary for me to scroll back and forth to read all of the text in this thread. This has only been happening for the past two or three weeks, and it is getting very bothersome. It has been reported more than once by myself and others.

Chris

 

if find it happens with oversized pics.

 

So couldn't the same thinking apply to bright wihite coins?

 

Is there something wrong with the photo auto-resizer in the program software? I know that v-bulletin has the capability because other forums have it.

 

i am now having that problem in this thread also! not really a big deal for me, but i should be able to see everything on a 22" lcd..

 

Toned coin sells, even the ATs. When I sell an AT'd coin on ebay, I let the bidders know the coin is AT'd, and they even sell for more money than the untoned ones.

 

Good for you! It is always better to show integrity, even if the sellers were to pay less you are right to note any knowledge you have of the coins in your listings.