Are these still collectable if they are AT? I don't know NT from AT but they are beautiful in my opinion. Will I be committing a crime if a gave them as a gift or sell them perhaps? I have about a hundred assorted dimes and some of them are toned. These are the nicest I think.
These particular photos look AT to me. It is natural for silver to tone. However, I kind-of, sort-of think that the toning was accelerated on these pieces. I prefer toning that shows a progression from yellow/gold to magenta/purple to blue to green. The final stage is black. When the toning colors are all mixed up or in the wrong order, then the coin is not so interesting and may be AT. There are other experts at CT that can probably describe toning & color progression much better than me. [I have had trouble remembering the color progression so I put words to Y-G-M-P-B-G-B = Young Girls May Pick Boys from Great Britain] Very best regards, collect89
These all look like AT to me. The first one...might be NT, but the other two are definite examples of AT. They are still collectible with AT, but these aren't worth more than their silver content. AT is considered damage to coins and therefore makes them worth less than they otherwise would be. I don't know if these would be worth any more than melt otherwise, but with they AT they are certainly only worth melt value.
In the summer in Alabama you can just set a silver coin out of a slip or holder. and put in non air condition room and get also the same affect in a week or less. Toning is not perdurable!
Just so we're clear. They look to me to be AT (said another way, I've seen similarly toned coins that were AT), but they might also be just cleaned a long time ago and have since retoned naturally. I am not saying they are AT -- that would be practically impossible without first hand experience with the coins in question -- just that they look to me to have the look of AT. Generally, I call such coins "Questionably Toned" or QT.
I have seen coins that looked like those in slabs by the big 3. I think of that type toning as AT. Not an expert on this, but just my opinion.
I'm really sad they are AT But I'm happy I learned!! I'll post here any questionable coin I get. Thanks guys.:bow::bow: This forum has been really helpful to "newbie" collectors like me.
My personal opinion is that they are AT, but I agree with Mike that without a firsthand look at them, I have to call them QT. However, I don't think the toning is market acceptable. I am not sure that really matters in this case because none of these Roosevelts are gems and they are only worth a few dollars a piece. I don't think that the AT will detrimentally affect their value because of their relative affordability. Now if you had an MS67 and someone did that to it, then would apply. BTW, finding attractively toned Rosie's is not easy. I was working on a blue toned set and gave up, because they were just too darned ugly. Here is one that I always found pretty. Enjoy! :smile
