Hard to believe this is natural toning...

...but NGC slabbed it so they must have thought so. I present to you a 1913-S Type 1 Buffalo in MS-62.

 

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That. Is. Beautiful.
I'm not a buffalo collector but that is one beautiful coin. LOVE the gold.

 

Perhaps the best tone on a coin I have ever seen. Do own this? Most be absolutely great having a piece like that!

 

if it wasnt slabbed i would deffinatly say AT it just has that look about. still beautiful though whatever

 

Yep. Bought it from Northeastern Numismatics last week. I'm inclined to believe it's AT. But, I still like it. Wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't slabbed.

 

I'm not a big fan of toning, but I like that.

 

Does it look like that in hand or are colors a little different? The white balance looks a little off to me.

 

Seen a lot of toned Buffalo nickels , but never one like that . But it sure looks kool . Pretty sure PCGS wouldn't of slabbed it but they're hard on any toned coin . I'd buy it just for the color . Though my guess is AT . Why don't you put it in the toning premium thread . Nice coin .
Rusty

 

How much would something like this cost?

 

The price was $175.00.

 

Yes it does when I have the light on it. The more light, the more vibrant the color.

 

Liberty looks lightly struck.....

 

Thats it? Wow! I would have thought it would have gone for more than that.

 

Liberty is lightly struck on a lot of '13 Buffalos . If it wasn't for the color I'd hold out for a nicely struck coin . But when you're buying for color , you take it how it comes . Great price . Would like to hear Lehighs or KryptoniteComics view on whether it's AT or NT . But you'd think NGC would know '
Rusty

 

That tonining is beautiful and impressive. Looks better than a 62. Way to go. That's like $100 than a none toned 1913 TYPE 1.

 

Is that a die crack between "States of America"?

 

ALL toning is natural. Toning is the NATURAL reaction of the metal to whatever oxygen/ other element combination it is exposed to. Artificial would be if someone glazed the coin or some such.

The question is was the coin purposefuly exposed to the mix, or did it occur by coincidence.

Could that have happened by coincidence? Certainly. If it was stored in a shoe box somewhere or the like, there ya go. It obviously wasnt much in circulation, so that circumstance is highly possible.

 

Looks natural to me. Most of my unc buffalos that I stored in a Whitman album look like that and they were "untoned" when I put them in there.

 

The reason it doesn't look natural to me is that I've never seen that color of yellowish green on the "five cents" on the reverse.

 

Very pretty. Not too overdone like some of the obvious AT (or intentionally toned) coins running around.

I don't collect Buffs, but the one I have in my 7070 is like that one, but more subdued... (and a more common 1937 date)