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<p>[QUOTE="merrill01, post: 2115015, member: 70734"]BEWARE OF RAINBOW TONED COINS</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason for this post is that there are artificially toned coins demanding premium prices when the coin was just made up. For example, do a search for rainbow toned Eagles. There are silver eagles dating 2001 which have rainbow toning. I have collected coins for 40 years and never have I seen a coin that toned to beautiful rainbow toning in just 14 years! NO WAY! not naturally, and though these coins toning is artificial they are graded as MS 69. I guess PCGS doesn't have the nerve to say these coins are AT (artificially toned).</p><p> There are companies that deal with only rainbow toned Morgan Dollars, it makes me suspect. Do they tone them themselves to acquire the additional money that these coins would be worth if it were natural?</p><p> In order to avoid this possible scam, I have started to collect DMLP Morgan Dollars. They are beautiful coins that cannot be artificially made. At the coin shows they call these dimples, and they command high price. They should because they are rare, the DMLP's are made with only the first strikes of the coin. No more rainbows for me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="merrill01, post: 2115015, member: 70734"]BEWARE OF RAINBOW TONED COINS The reason for this post is that there are artificially toned coins demanding premium prices when the coin was just made up. For example, do a search for rainbow toned Eagles. There are silver eagles dating 2001 which have rainbow toning. I have collected coins for 40 years and never have I seen a coin that toned to beautiful rainbow toning in just 14 years! NO WAY! not naturally, and though these coins toning is artificial they are graded as MS 69. I guess PCGS doesn't have the nerve to say these coins are AT (artificially toned). There are companies that deal with only rainbow toned Morgan Dollars, it makes me suspect. Do they tone them themselves to acquire the additional money that these coins would be worth if it were natural? In order to avoid this possible scam, I have started to collect DMLP Morgan Dollars. They are beautiful coins that cannot be artificially made. At the coin shows they call these dimples, and they command high price. They should because they are rare, the DMLP's are made with only the first strikes of the coin. No more rainbows for me.[/QUOTE]
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