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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 2418904, member: 37839&quot;]I would agree with Paul.&nbsp; I think that they are dubious at being market acceptable.&nbsp;&nbsp; The first coin might well pass as acceptable, and is closest to a natural toning pattern.&nbsp; The others all appear to me to be &quot;enhanced&quot; artificially by some technique--I would guess that they have been gassed or chemically treated.&nbsp; Those colors are too vivid, lacking any natural progression--they are immediately intense on the devices, and natural toning like that rarely happens.&nbsp;&nbsp; The most obvious examples are coins 4 and 5, which seem from the photographs to be overly saturated in areas with no progression to that saturation.&nbsp; That isn&#039;t natural bag toning, or textile toning,&nbsp; Grade is irrelevant, as I doubt that PCGS or NGC would grade any of them--they would QT the entire lot.&nbsp; They are very pretty coins, but should be treated as art objects, as opposed to naturally occurring examples of toning.&nbsp; Don&#039;t waste any money grading them, as they will come back body bagged with regard to color.&nbsp; They are pretty, so enjoy them as curiosities.&nbsp;&nbsp; #1 is the possible exception to that rule--the greens are somewhat gradual, though I still have my doubts.&nbsp; If that graded, it would be a 65.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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