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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1232543, member: 26030&quot;]I am getting the following coin on approval (can return it no problem), however it&#039;s so unusual I would really like to get some feedback and opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve been looking for a $2.5 Indian gold with an “original surface” (not dipped) for some time and also most of you know I love coins with interesting color.&nbsp; Gold is an inert metal so it tends not to be colorful – so I was looking for a gold Indian that <u>simply</u> had original darker tangerine-orange color and some good color variation.&nbsp; Then I stumbled on this 1926 Indian – with color that I have never seen on a gold coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know that since the color is sort of wild it probably wouldn’t cross to PCGS; but I really don&#039;t know.&nbsp; PCGS seems not to cross much these days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the information from the seller:<span style="color: #3366cc">&nbsp; &quot;The 1926 Quarter Eagle that is what I would term a &quot;color specialists&nbsp; coin&quot;. We purchased this coin because of the coin&#039;s spectacular and&nbsp; unusual coloration.&nbsp; We were also influenced to buy it because it was&nbsp; housed in a circa 1990 NGC &quot;fattie&quot; slab -- evidence that it has been slabbed for 21 years or so.&nbsp; To us that is an indicator that the&nbsp; color is stable, which is a plus. This is a cool coin with vibrant blue and rose toning on the obverse and reverse.&nbsp; We acquired this piece at a recent show from a gent who told us he had inherited it in a leather pouch, sent it in when NGC was a fairly new company, and kept it ever since.&nbsp;&nbsp; And this cataloger has no reason to doubt that story, since I have seen this sort of toning on similarly stored gold coins while doing appraisals through the years.&nbsp; Definitely distinctive, quite unusual and very eye-appealing.&nbsp; Please note that we paid a large premium for the rare color when we purchased it, and the proper home for this coin is in a collection of wildly toned coins -- not a general U.S. gold type set.&quot;</span><span style="color: #3366ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #3366ff"><br /></span></p><p>What do you all think:&nbsp; &nbsp; Love it?&nbsp; &nbsp; Hate it?&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>All opinions are appreciated.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]131408.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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