fishy ebay seller?

I was hunting through ebay looking at toned coins when i came accross this seller:

http://stores.ebay.com/TONING-COINS_W0QQssPageNameZviQ3asibQ3astoreviewQQtZkm

I wanted to get your opinions, it seems really fishy to me that he has a ton of toned coins, and they all are toned almost exactly the same. Do you think he is toning them himself?

buyer beware i guess...

 

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Charlie

 

Yes, I've seen these offered before. It's uncanny how one person has SO MANY beautifully toned coins. All with the same pettern too???

Bone

 

if i was just going for my own collection and not looking at resale value i might get them. they are really pretty and i could spend alot of time looking at them.but i would in no way trust that they all just happene to do the smame thing.

 

Just stick some coins in the oven at 350 degrees for half an hour.

Charlie

 

they wont just turn black?

 

found this on ebay, anyone seen this

http://cgi.ebay.com/Coin-Toner-Use-...ryZ41091QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and

http://cgi.ebay.com/NIC-A-TONE-CENT...goryZ531QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

My opinion would only be speculation.
Did you ask the seller?

 

I would say they are definately artificially toned. But it is your decision. If you like the looks of the coins, like the selling price, then add them to your collection.

 

i looked over his feedback, lots of negatives form people that accused him of selling artificially toned coins. i'll pass

 

It's hard enough to find one coin with ORIGINAL toning that beautiful let alone finding dozens.

This is my opinion only! :goofer:

 

I can tell that those coins are all artificially toned.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1968-S-PROOF-KE...43966QQcategoryZ41103QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

If you look at the toning, you can see how it's floating on the surface instead of being a layer of corrosion on the coin. Essentially toning is corrosion and the surface of a genuine toned coin appears crusty, not mirror smooth. You can tone any coin like this with a halogen lamp.

The bullseye toning is a dead giveaway that it's artificial. Essentially he is selling a damaged coin. Some people also gold or silver plate their coins and sell them at a premium. All this means is that your coins will appreciate in value the more people ruin coins in their own collection.

Last year at a fair I saw a guy who used a fine toothed hacksaw to remove all the fields and then he would either gold or silver plate, mount in a bezel and sell them as jewelry.

I think this was the guy I saw.

http://internationalcutcoins.com/index.cfm

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/1972-S-SILVER-P...55761QQcategoryZ11981QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

This one is naturally toned from the same seller. I wouldn't buy a rainbow tone unless it was slabbed by a 1st tier grader.