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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2604087, member: 15929&quot;]BAM! Nailed it! </p><p><br /></p><p>NGC loosely grades IKE&#039;s and they always have since, NGC simply doesn&#039;t think IKE&#039;s are anything special. They often compare them to bad coin investments which have no future in collecting. I also expect that the toning played a HUGE part in the assignment of the MS65 grade and with proper photography, the OP&#039;s coin would look pretty darned good!</p><p><br /></p><p>My experience with these coins, is that they don&#039;t take too well to toning and I&#039;ve looked at these for 14 years. I&#039;ve looked at a lot of them. I&#039;ve bought mint seated bags and NEVER, EVER pulled a toned coin from one of the bags.</p><p><br /></p><p>As such, anybody that figures out a method of consistently applying toning, ultimately gets rewarded. (Read PEACOCK IKEs) The toning on the OP&#039;s coin appears natural from being stored in a coin book since it is not overtly toned on the reverse where oxygen does not flow. As such, it appears normal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congrats on your last purchase of 2016!</p><p><br /></p><p>PS-I hope the OP didn&#039;t pay too much for his coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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