I like older, 1800's coins mostly, but I picked this up at my LCS Friday for $20. I thought it was cool that it said "100% white", yet it was toned. I confess that I know nothing of varieties for these, but wanted to see what you all thought about it or know about it. (Pics were hard to get... I can never get proofs very well, so overlapping lights make the depth of color look weird on the reverse, lighter in some areas, darker in others). Thanks for looking/sharing!
You'd think the slab would be making an observation about the coin's qualities, but maybe it's a racial thing.
Just goes to show you slabs are meaningless when it comes to proper storage. More people should pay attention to this, just because its in a slab does not mean you should not store your coins properly.
Before PCI went bottoms up, it was considered a 5th or 6th best grading service. Grades were not very accurate, but in their defense, I think the toning occurred after it was slabbed. Chris
Chris is correct, the coin was 100% white when it was encapsulated. PCI and other non top tier grading service slabs are not as air tight as the top three, which are not 100% air tight. If these non top tier slabbed coins are subjected to higher levels of humidity and temperature variances toning will occur at a much faster rate. It is a nice looking half dollar.
It is a well known phenomena for these old PCI holders to tone white silver coins. ASEs are also frequently found noted as 100% white when in truth they are now heavily toned. Keep in mind that these coins were slabbed upwards of two decades ago.
Tom is correct. Many coins toned in these early slabs. I always thought the type of plastic had something to do with it.
CBD, since you flip coins for a living, I would definitely submit that one to PCGS. The toning looks market acceptable to me, and it's quite attractive despite the fingerprint. I suspect a collector of toned Kennedy's would be happy to pay a nice premium for it.
