I have seen toning like this come from a old 2x2 paper envelopes and albums, Great looking toning :thumb::thumb::thumb:
Is this a joke...lol I sold that coin to the current seller a few years ago and those are my pictures I agree with what others have said about it being album toning though to be more specific I believe it might have been one of those albums with tissue paper or something stuck in between the pages as it clearly has the toning properties of an album toned coin but some of the high point color similar to envelope toning. Regardless it is one of the nicest proof frankies as far as color I have ever seen and for me it looked 100% NT in hand and PCGS agreed.
WOW....He wants $1400 for it,,,,What Is it, A MS69 FBL ?????? Oh its a Proof,,,,I must have missed that part,,,,,But still
No, it's a proof. Probably PF67? PF68? It's also the reason that the AT Doctors work so tirelessly on perfecting their craft.
It's in a PR65 PCGS Holder and I believe he knows his asking price is high he just loves the coin and really doesn't want to sell unless he can get a strong price. What he is willing to take I don't know...if he told you $1400 then I guess that's the magic number lol Tough to put a price on a color rarity like that but I know it's a looker in hand and I wouldn't sell if for cheap either...but I suppose I would ask less if I were truly trying to sell the piece. Good Luck
Yes it is a craft.....I guess that is why us collectors pay so much money for these toned coins because AT Doctors have spend years perfecting such art work...LOL. I love a toned coin just as much as any other collector ,,,But to pay as much as 50% and up for toning is a little bit much for me. We have a coin dealer here in New Jersey that has or had some beauitfully toned coins from the early to late 19th century that is ( VERY ) pricey even for there high mint state condition. some of the coins go for 3 to 4 times its grey sheet value's......Maybe we all should get in to the AT business.
That coin does have the appearance of an album toned coin, but then again it doesn't. I like Shane's explanation of an album with paper in between, but I've never seen an album like that. Have you?
Yep I have but I don't think they have been made for 20+ years...I will see if I can find a picture of one. Also I know that some old time collecters use to put tissue paper or some form of paper sheets in between the pages of some of the standard album prior to the dansco's with the plastic slides. This could certainly explain one of the sides but not both as it would have only come into contact with the obverse most likely.
For you youngsters, in prehistoric days (meaning before computers and xerox machines) typists routinely used a very thin sheet of paper called "onionskin" for copies. It was probably these sheets that older collectors used between the pages to protect the coins. Onionskin was often used in art portfolios to protect the images. Chris
