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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 475847, member: 15309&quot;]I don&#039;t have any idea what causes toning like this on gold.&nbsp; I have seen it a few times before and it is always the same look: pink, orange, and lime green in swirling bands.&nbsp; Coins are generally artificially toned for two reasons.&nbsp; Reason number one is to hide defects such as marks or cleaning.&nbsp; I think we can rule that out since the toning is not ever deep enough on a gold coin to accomplish that.&nbsp; The other reason is to create toning that is attractive enough in order to charge a significant premium.&nbsp; However, the coin doctor needs to be able to have predictable results and a market for the toning.&nbsp; In addition, the doctor needs to be relatively sure that whatever he does to the coin won&#039;t hurt its value.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know how much of a market there is for rainbow toned gold or why a coin doctor would risk decreasing the value of an already expensive coin.&nbsp; It just seems like too much risk for too little reward.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here is the grade.&nbsp; I bought the coin for the toning and the seller&#039;s photo was not good enough to judge the assigned grade.&nbsp; Upon receipt, I was immediately elated and disappointed at the same time.&nbsp; The toning was much more impressive than I thought, but I immediately noticed the rub on the leg and realized that this AU coin had been market graded by NGC to an MS63*.&nbsp; I really don&#039;t like when they do that.&nbsp; The fact that the price difference between an MS63 and AU 1924 Saint is only about $150 is irrelevant.&nbsp; This coin belongs in an AU holder, period.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gold%20Coins/StGaudensDoubleEagle1924NGCMS63Star.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>:smile<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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