Do people find this attractive?

Let the coin speak for itself:
http://www.davidlawrence.com/invent...nm/Washington-Quarters-(1932-98)/gnm/Quarters

 

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I think whoever photographed it did a terrible job capturing the toning.

 

IMO its a very ugly coin with that blotch on it.

 

Not a coin I would be interested in. Looks just plain ugly to me.

 

We used to dip them if they looked like that.

 

AHHHH! VERY UGLY ONE! MS66+? for 8k......I do not like really plastic but I like the coin with NT.

 

i would not own that coin and if he realizes that price i would be amazed.

 

Looks like it was used to scoop up poop

 

PCGS price guide sez $5,000, so someone is gonna over pay at nearly $9,000.

Here are the PCGS pics. Still butt ugly.

 

That is toning I don't find attractive, but different strokes for different folks, I guess?

 

But that price guide does not take the variety into consideration when giving a price.

 

There was a time when I would say 'ugo' but I've changed my tune a bit. Not utterly handsome but a tad comely.......

 

A better term would be homely!

 

It's kind of like a Playboy model type woman with Brevnev's map of Florida birthmark right on her upper cheek !

No way I'd want that coin as slabbed unless at a severe discount, then I'd have to dip it and hope to re-slab it as a 66 and sell.

If book says 5k, I'd risk 1k on it , for it is uglier than my wife in the morning and about as old...

 

To each his own. Actually Tim, if you called me on this 5 years ago, when I first joined this coin forum, I would be in complete agreement with you. Gradually, over time, I've come to rather enjoy and appreciate toning on coins. I've come to accept the reality that all silver will in fact begin to exhibit some sort of oxidation over time. Nothing is for ever 'blast white'.

 

Oh dear.........I'm telling........:devil:

 

Not my cup of tea.

 

and no copper coin like an IHC will be red forever....unless some sort of airtight slab filled with an inert gas like Nitrogen is developed,,,, version 1 is surely under R&D,

So expect gas filled slabs pretty soon....so everything high-end can migrate to those !

Maybe one for the other Doug ( Gdmsq or whatever) . ..

Will a coin stop toning in an inert sealed gas slab ? I think it would, can't oxidize without O2, right ?

Then there will be a new and improved one a few years later....PCGS has to find a way to keep re-grading the same coins every few years afterall....

 

Not the type of toning I like. And the picture on the site makes it look worse.

 

You know what's funny? This is the first thread I have ever gotten anyone interested in, and it's not even my coin! Tangent aside, I was about to call this thread "Feces Toning!!!", but if DLRC was on here, I'm sure I would be bashed for life...