Is this natural toning?

So if a person was to intentionally impose toning like that, is their recipe to impose heat on the coin?

 

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This may sound fishy also, but I purchased a1961 proof & 1961 ms for gifts . Put them in small gift boxes and the proof one toned to a beautiful BLUE edge and PINKISH to center & the ms turned gunmetal to BLUISH in a matter of 6 weeks. Never intended to tone these coins and did not want to give them to someone who probably thought they were junk so I kept them. I believe there is some kind of chemicals in the small gift boxes that caused this to happen, When I learn to post picture's will show on coin talk. I believe with all the chemicals out there and experiments someone can do anything to tone coins.

 

I would not bid on it either, it looks too even and consistent over the whole coin. But I could be totally wrong.

 

Hey Yoda, there were actually 12 unique bidders (43 total bids)...

 

Biddiots that there be, certainty.
Only questionable to foresee quantity of

 

Be sure to come see the cello virtuoso.

 

But my Ma makes me go to bed early!

 

No, not natural toning...Spark

 

Looks like artificial toning. Color is just "off."

 

I say not natural even though I have seen some modern proofs get some great color on them. I bet the photos are juiced also. It may have straight graded and than continued to react in the slab. I have heard that some doctors can tone coins in slabs, not sure if that's true but I don't doubt it hasn't been tried.

 

The question isn't natural or artificial.

The question is why would anyone pay $507 for it.

 

2 parts to this answer, imho...first, the buyer believes he will be able to sell later, recouping his investment. Secondly, the buyer becomes the owner of a perceived work of art. He/She thinks it is beautiful.

Personally, I prefer a naturally toned piece. These garish, artificial plugs turn me off...Spark

 

No it’s not. People liked it and wanted it. People need to rember there’s always collectors which superior collections to theirs that can say the sam thing about anything you buy

 

Duh. Of course. All of that goes without saying.

But it does nothing to temper the incredulity that someone would find that coin desirable to the tune of $507.

 

This might help http://www.1881o.com/toned-coins.html the best analysis I have ever seen was done by Doug Kurz who created and sold the Sunnywood Morgan collection. There are links to several informative articles on the right side of the page.

 

That is a great analysis for Morgan’s. but it doesn’t really apply to clad proofs. The different metals all react differently

 

For proof coins of that era and even today I’d say yes, that is natural.
If it were a business strike I would say 100% artificial. That type of purple/orange/blue is too easy to recreate just by heating a coin.
Attractive? I say no. Worth $500, absolutely not. It’s a 1981 proof quarter with some ok toning. $25 coin at most on my eyes.