Rainbow toned cents from BeBee collection

So I have some coins purchased from ebay listed as "old dealer stock" and was amazed to find such beautiful coins inside. One envelope has stamp of BeBee company on the back. They were individually wrapped and placed in an envelope where they sat for almost 70 years. I'm pretty sure they're considered natural toned. What do you think? Are they worth much of anything?

 

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Not surprising at all those old 2x2 envelopes were known for causing a coin to tone. The paper had sulfur in it and caused these to tone over the years.
@robec Bob loves toned Lincoln's he would be the best to ask as far as value. Nice Lincoln's and a very nice find!

 

Acceptable toning......welcome to the forum.

 

Nice coins! And welcome to the neighborhood.

 

Welcome and nice coins!

 

Lovely. I believe, frankly, that the dealer left some significant profit on the table to have sold them that way. There are those who will pay strong premiums for Lincolns with such color.

 

I agree super, seems like alot of dealers aren't in-tune with what's hot right now in the market place. Toned coins and mint made errors like on a Morgan for example are fairly easy to get a premium out of, on the interweb. All (some) dealers know are grey sheet and bullion prices nowadays.... Then there are sample and rare, sought after TPG holders that add even more to a coins value. I can't complain, I've profited nice $$$ off dealers who don't know any better, how's that book coming along David Schwaeger(sp)??
One maybe 2 sample holders I've cherried recently will be in the new latest edition sample slab book

 

I like what I'm seeing. Premiums are all over the place with toned Lincoln's. It also depends on the state of the coin, luster, minimal distractions, etc. I'm sure you already know that though.

 

Robec, do you think it is worth slabbing, or just leave them as is?

 

Let's see them all. You're missing the reverses! Also, take your pictures straight over the coin. Angled pictures are only useful as supplemental pictures.

Here's an example of what I normally do:

 

Slabbing will cost around $25 per coin or you could take your chances and sell them raw. There's no firm answer. If they were rare dates I would slab them.

 

Nice batch of coins.

 

Man, what a fantastic little treasure trove you picked up. I would be ecstatic to have came across those. Personally, I would add the best ones to my collection and sell the rest. But, you will want good images of them to get the best potential out of them.

 

What were they wrapped in?

 

I would not, unless condition and rarity made them worthy of slabbing without factoring the toning. Toner fanatics tend to be either complete fools or extremely knowledgeable; neither group really needs a slab to decide they wish to purchase.

 

Anacs is running a special now on grading 12 coins for $99.00 . That's only $8.25 @ coin. At least you would know the grades,and protect them. Just a thought

 

This is what they were wrapped in

 

How do you take such nice pictures which capture the toning so well? Must be my lighting. I wish I could show them all! The lot I purchased came with almost 250 coins
There's nice toning in maybe half of them, and exceptional toning in less than 50 of them. Here's a pic of the reverse of the 3 I posted.

 

Good to know! Thanks for the info!

 

That's exactly what I'd like to do.