AT or NT? You be the judge!

What do you think?

 

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looks natural to me

 

I would say NT

 

NT, unless someone with a coin/chem backround (not suggesting anything) worked on it.

 

Are you asking what I would say it is or what I think the TPG's would say it is? I do not have a problem calling it NT, but I will virtually guarantee the TPG's will say "questionable color.

 

What you would say. The TPG's are way too tough on coins with color. I rarely bother submitting them anymore.

 

Nothing makes me question the originality of the toning in this example. NT.

 

I think it is NT, and I think NGC or PCGS would agree with that.

Chris

 

Looks like NT to me. TC

 

Nt

I say:
Not
Toned.

My toenails look like that

and I didn't do anything to them.

 

QT -- could go either way and I'd lean towards NT.

 

Envelope toning

 

Those 3 that picked AT, please explain why you choose AT?

Thanks

 

I agree with Leadfoot. I would call it QT with a strong chance that it is market acceptable. My concern is that the OP is showing us want he wants us to see with those photographs. I would prefer to reserve final judgment until the coin could be seen in hand. In other words, I am not sure.

 

I chose AT because this one is too close for me to tell for certain. Lincoln cents are difficult to work with from a pic, unless it's in your hand you really have to guess. The pics indicate that it could have been sprayed with something that's all, so I guessed. Beautiful cent piece and I'd take it in a heart beat!

 

thats a beautiful coin! i have no ideal if that would be AT or NT, i'm not sure how to tell the difference yet, especially from a picture; hence i didnt vote...but still, its a beautiful coin!!

 

The toning looks natural, like it was stored in an envelope or a cigar box, but what bothers me is something seems off about the fields. As other posters have pointed out, and i have learned the hard way, this series is hard to judge by photos.

 

The pics are very,very representative of the coin in hand.

 

Nope, the toning looks just like several hundred that were in a 1980 $50 Mint bag that I searched a while back.

NT for me!

Chris

 

OK, time for the controversy! LOL

This coin was fairly, harshly cleaned. If you look close, you can see some light hairlines on the obverse. Why did I post this?

I'm working on my next coin product to be called VERDI-TONE™. I know many will hate me for developing such a product, but there's demand for coin retoning products as they have been around for years. Personally, I really detest the rapid toning products like Dellers. Most collectors end up damaging their coins beyond repair. My approach is quite different, VT will tone coins in the exact same fashion as good old mother nature using hydrogen sulfide. The trick to VT is the slow release technology I've developed over the past few months. VT contains no artificial colorants, it tones purely with hydrogen sulfide. It's very easy to get the exact level of toning you desire because it occurs so slowly.

The coin I posted was toned over a period of six weeks. What I did was to saturate a piece of corrigated carboard with VT, poked a bunch of small holes in it and allowed the coin to sit on the cardboard in air for six weeks with occassional flipping. OK, bring on the heat!