Nice color for an 83. Couple of attractive 45-D war nickels Beautiful common buff Nice color on this AU V This is the third 45 Merc I have received that has this toning color palette. Couple New pesos this week
Just picked this baby up. Slightly surprised it did not get a star from NGC, as I think it is star material with all those rainbows:
This wouldn't get a star grade from NGC due to the brown toning. NGC will not give a star to any coin that has brown or darker toning. Still a pretty coin though. Quote from NGC: "Toned coins can be of a single color or multicolored but cannot have any areas that are dark brown, approaching black."
You are right. I re-read the rubrics from NGC, and it would not get the star due to the darker area. I tend to like the rainbow that fades to darker.