1878-cc Morgan on Ebay

I ran across this Morgan (item#130099427981) while looking on Ebay and had a question. He stated a general description, I guess, about all of his coins that he sells, that I dont understand. As follows: "These real coins, not replicas, are guaranteed not to be sulphur toned or Ebay "Special Mix" toned coins." The "Special Mix" designation makes it sound like you're getting your Morgan dollar directly from a bag of dog food. The coin certainly looks to be AT to me, but, what does "sulphur toned" mean and what does it look like and if someone can explain to me what Ebay "Special Mix" is. If these terms really mean anything at all or if this guy is just full of horse poo. Sorry, I couldnt save the pic of the coin.

 

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Sulphur is what is commonly used to artificially tone coins.

Steer Clear
Ben

 

Thanks Ben, I learned something new today!!

 

While I am not an expert, I will say that the coin in question

is Artificially toned. I wouldn't touch that coin. It appears to have been heated to get the type of color represented.

 

I never buy coins that look even faintly suspicious. This Morgan is a classic example of that. With all of the bids that were on that coin you'd think at least one of them would know better, but, then again there are alot of collectors out there that consider themselves numismatists that know absolutely very little about what they're buying. I also have a good feeling that this Morgan was heated to get the "toned" appearance. Theres no doubt about it.

 

I just want a circulated coin to look circulated. To me, rainbow coins aren't much different from colorized coins or electroplated coins.

 

It looks very un-apealing to me also.

 

I guess that coin has no reverse

 

Can you believe that the winning bidder paid $102.51 plus $5.50 s&h for this lousy coin. My....some people will never learn!!

 

That is the one time it would be worth it to dip it

 

Dipping a circulated coin will almost make it look worse than that morgan. Well, maybe not quite as bad, but still not nice.

 

everything this seller has is ugly

http://cgi.ebay.com/1911-RAINBOW-TO...373QQihZ003QQcategoryZ525QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Look at his name Unique N Toned no wonder

 

I wonder if he got a chemistry set as a kid and finally found a use for it?

 

cooking in tissue paper, old cardboard, construction paper, all of these things can force artificially quick "natural toning"

 

Only if you do it on an unciruclated coin it will look natural. If you look at that coin, it has wear on its surfaces, so it looks really odd.

 

never stopped most of the fake toned coin sellers on Ebay from trying it and then selling the results