opinions on this toning?

I know, there's a lot of subjectivity w/ toned coins, but I'm just interested in what people think of this 1967 Centennial Penny. I've had a bunch of these in jar for decades, and some of them aged in an unattractive way, but this one actually looks nice to me, personally, I like how there's that beam of luster amid the tarnish on the side with the dove.

Also, on the obverse, there is cartwheel luster when I rotate the coin under the light, but I couldn't capture that very well, so I don't know if it might be an uncirculated coin, some of my Centennial coins were uncirculated, but I didn't take the best care of the lot, and kind of mixed and matched circulated with uncirculated ones when I was a kid.

Anyways, any thoughts on this coin? Thanks, all.

 

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Nice, original very pritty toning.
I love this kind of slight coloration.

 

I like the obv. side. The rev. side looks unattractive to me. I would grade it AU58.

 

I appreciate that, guys.

 

This isn't really "toning." It is the coin changing color, but not because of thin film interference. The red band you see is the copper's original color. The brown areas are the areas oxidized (on a barely circulated coin like this, the portions of the fields which had been touched will change color first due to the oils or contaminants in a persons hand). The coin looks like an average AU cent.

 

Is loss of luster considered toning?

I always looked at situations like this as a loss of the bright red thin outer layer from the coin being struck, which exposes the normal dull metal underneath. Kind of like the loss of silver color on billon coins.

 

Very nice one cent. I really like NT coins, they, to me, are quite unique.

 

my question is , as a kid , where did you get uncirculated coins ?? I would think , all your coins would be found in change or on the ground . SO YOU HAVE NO UNCIRCULATED COINS

 

The bright color is the true color of the metal. Copper becoming brown isn't thin-film interference, but it's toning all the same. I like Coin News' definition of toning:

Simple.

And a Mint State coin is one which you call that, whether it's truly circulated or not.

 

I mean, I never claimed that it was uncirculated, I only mentioned the possibility, so I'm not really sure why you jumped to a CAPS LOCK conclusion regarding a claim that I never even made, let alone a conclusion predicated on your assumption, but to each their own, communicate as you see fit.

If it interests you, though, an older family member passed down part of their collection to me. Finding coins in change or on the ground are common ways for kids to gather coins, but it's not exclusive.
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And to the PhysicsFan, from the other comment, who essentially claimed that is not toning but it is instead the coin changing color: Isn't that just semantics?

As I see it, toning is the reaction of chemicals in the air w/ the coin's surface. Whether the natural oils from bare hands affected the oxidation process doesn't really negate that toning took place, does it?

 

Captain Caps must have a touch of male pms and you are right about "toning"/ ans. to the last is it's only semantics...

 

so , you took collection from older family member , and just threw them in a change jar ... family member should of taught you some respect for the collection , first

 

Look, sir. I respect numismatics, it's a deep body of knowledge, but to be honest, coin collecting is just a hobby for me, something I casually do for fun. If I come across a cool coin, I may snap a photo and share it to engage some discussion or look for insight because, well, there's a lot of room for debate in the field.

Having said that, I don't really have any emotion invested in the field, so I'm not trying to engage what seems like an argument. I could be wrong, I guess. I don't know, Is that what you're doing? Feeling emotional on a coin website and arguing instead of having a civil discussion?

For what it's worth, I was six years old when an older family member bequested the coins to me. The ones in slabs I kept very good care of, but the one-cent coins like the one above, I just kept in a jar. The 1967 Canada Centennial penny is not a jewel, in my opinion, I have over 2,500 of them, but THIS one in the photos stood out. In Canada they were exceedingly commonplace and still kind of are to this very day.

As far as arguing with you, I see nothing to gain from it, you can call it a victory for yourself if that's what you need to get through your day, peace, champ.

 

Well said, at times I wonder if some of the individuals on this site comment just to argue the point that they are always going to be right. I then think of the one sentence used in a movie that most of us have probably seen, that make's me laugh every time I hear it, when the character says, "Lighten up Francis!"

 

Just remember, some characters get their jollies at getting a rise out of people. It does make for some good gossip. Ha, ha!

 

Until they start running into people who will call them on it.

 

This is my favorite penny...the Canadian Dove Penny to collect. Yours has a very nice toning.

 

Uncirculated describes the amount of wear on a coin - not if it actually circulated in commerce.