Sort of like a natural vs. artificial diamond.
Are you of the opinion that most/all of the toned (esp. "monster" toned) Morgans we see were toned artificially ?
I believe GDJSMD contributed to a book on dukats.
I believe you can thank the newcomers to our hobby for those price boosts. :D Except for the monster pricey toned coins, alot of the newcomers...
Beautiful coin, Santini.....great pics, too. Nice luster. :cigar:
Wow :wideyed:....and to think, I believe years ago when toning first got noticed it was considered a bad thing, right ?
Could you elaborate for us crackout and Morgan novices ? :D
I guess you could say I am torn: the amount of detail from TTTT over in the CU forums, and the public confirmation of him as a confidant of JB...
I think the narrower bid-ask spread on the coins I cited means you'll be buying/selling at close to spot bullion each time. With the...
I take it nobody was able to track down the original back-and-forth of the infamous CU thread involving The Omega Man ?
Any more seen since, Insider ?
What are we looking at here ?
What's interesting is that toning takes so long to happen but spotting (i.e., blemishes on modern ASEs) happens much quicker.
You're saying the TPG holders are air-tight so whatever is happening to the Morgan has already taken place during the decades of air exposure ?
But the toning mostly happens after folks have them and collect them, mostly in TPG holders. So I don't think the storage pre-TPG...
Great post.....are Morgans and Peace Dollars the same silver-wise ? Same silver content, same silver sources ?
Saint-Gaudens Hoards By Date: I thought a year-by-year rundown of the various Saint hoards might be of interest. Most of this information is...
Why do silver coins (Morgans) even create those rainbow colors ? HOW do they create them ? Air...oxygen....the silver surface...what ?
Thanks, PF, missed that. :D Are there special ways to tell artificial from natural toning ? Aside from the more spectacular the toning, the more...
Why is this coin a Details coin ? It's not the (artificial) toning ?
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