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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 918995, member: 15309&quot;]One of the very first rainbow toned coins I ever purchased was a&nbsp; gorgeous toned Vermont Commemorative.&nbsp; I have always loved the design of&nbsp; the Vermont and Ira Allen on the obverse is the spitting image of my&nbsp; late father.&nbsp; I bought this coin for $525 in August 2001 from a Heritage&nbsp; exclusively internet auction.&nbsp; I sold it for $632 in July of 2003 but&nbsp; after the Heritage fees, I actually lost a little.&nbsp; What I did not know&nbsp; at the time being new to toned coins was how difficult it is to locate a&nbsp; Vermont with spectacular color.&nbsp; This coin had a most unusual toning&nbsp; pattern of variegated lemon yellow and lavender and a swath or bright&nbsp; orange on both sides.&nbsp; The only images I have are the Heritage scans&nbsp; from 2001.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Commemoratives/Vermont1927MS65NGCObverse-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Commemoratives/Vermont1927MS65NGCReverse-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course those scans don&#039;t even begin to do the coin justice which was&nbsp; stunning in hand.&nbsp; I have seen a few more toned like this but have&nbsp; always been outbid when they appear.&nbsp; My budget for coins was much less&nbsp; back in those days and in order to buy more I had to sell this one.&nbsp;&nbsp; Probably one of the worst numismatic mistakes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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