One more thread for you bqcoins I promise!!!

Ill stop

 

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Wooooooooowww

Very Nice!!

And if you have more, post away, just warn me so I can have a napkin handy next time, drooooooled all over the place looking at that.

Regards,
Stan

 

:high5:

 

i already feel like family :hug:

 

While I certainly could be wrong, those colors appear to be the result of saturation enhancement. I'll wager the coin in hand doesn't look like that....Mike

 

p.s. Super cool coin, regardless!

 

Well - I would say it is a nice coin, but you were only sharing with BQ. OH - what the heck. Nice looking bustie.

 

How much do you want to wager?

 

Lady Liberty looks like she spent a few nights at Chernobyl...

Cool piece!

 

How much you got?

 

A lot

 

Family eh? Your gonna be my rich uncle that I like alot
Who takes your pictures?

 

I take my own pictures. Nikon D90 with a 105mm macro lens.

 

I believe they look exactally like that in hand.To capture the true essence isnt easy,it is completely possible.Some dont believe it can be done,But I know it can.Nice pics.

 

So are you a professional photographer and a professional dealer or just independently wealthy

 

I'm a young gadget crazy collector

 

Nice coin! I don't think I've ever seen toning like that, very interesting.

 

Man you are killing me, that is some insane toning on her, like she's on an acid trip or something

 

I just spent ten minutes waiting for the initial shock to wear off. What an incredible sight :bigeyes:. I have a feeling that the initial response of an overwhelming majority of collectors to this coin would be to conclude that it is AT. However, the coin shows so many characteristics of an NT coin that I just can't bring myself to deem it AT. The rainbow toning is restricted to areas that have not been worn and is only in the protected recesses of the devices and fields. Note that the letters of LIBERTY are toned but the area of the cap that houses the lettering is untoned. That is a widely accepted indicator of natural air transfer toning. The toning surrounds the stars but is not on the stars. Another indicator or NT. The color progressions are off a little and I think that alone probably got this coin in a GENUINE holder if it is in one at all.

Regardless of the current slab state of the coin, I will declare that this coin should be the poster child for questionably toned coins. The simple fact is that we don't know whether this coin is AT or NT. Because of it's phenomenal appearance, it will be forever subjected to the highest level of scrutiny. The eye appeal of this coin is completely undeniable. I can't imagine any coin collector thinking this coin is ugly despite their predisposed opinions on toning. Before anyone declares such an aesthetic masterpiece to be artificially toned, they must subject their opinion to the same scrutiny that they gave the coin by asking the following question: what if I am wrong?

Therein lies the problem. It seems equally uncomfortable to call the coin AT as it does NT. That leaves the coin in a questionably toned abyss. The deciding factor is the professional graders who will have the unenviable responsibility of deciding if the coin is market acceptable or not. The decision must be made because the coin collecting community holds originality king over eye appeal even when determining originality is impossible. Therefore, I shall root for eye appeal and hope that this coin is not condemned to the ranks of artificial toning.

Thank you for posting such a beautiful coin.:hail: