Post a Toned Coin

Had the honor of picking up this Morgan and Eagle Collection. Sorry for all the images....




Alright.. I'll stop cloggin' the thread up but you get the idea

 

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From eBay almost 2 weeks ago.

 

Great looking coin Bob.

 

Thank you Larry.

 

This was an AT coin that you knowingly sold at an auction recently, by one of the board members:

 

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I recall that coin, it was nice imo. High grade and nicely toned. It almost went into my raw set, but I already have another untoned in the same date that I felt was a notch above in details. Ultimately, I opt for the higher grade coins for my sets vs. tone.. however, ties go to the nicely toned coins.
If the buyer had issue with this coin he didn't tell me. Nor did they send in any questions regarding the coin. I've sold a few to them, some nice imo, some not as nice imo.... Anyway, here's the feedback from the auction:
Nice coin!!!!!THANKS!!!!!

.. appears they liked it, but if they didn't then I'd still accept a return. Heck, I'd accept a return on any of my auctions a year later..... I don't sell "for profit", unlike many here.

 

is even better in person a lousy pic done at night

 

Another try wish I had the auction photo I bought it from is really beautiful in person

 

I like the color on the 84-o and the 89 nice!!

 

Mott, your toners are gorgeous!! LOVE THEM!

 

Love them? You haven't even taken them out to dinner first

But nonetheless... Thanks

 

No, I didn't take them out for dinner. But I did buy them a drink.

 

I wish this one Was Mine!!! Ngc show off 50c

 

This is a 1972 Batman Lincoln cent . I almost sure this was in a Blue book Lincoln cent book before it was used as change for the Dollar Store up the road from me.
It keeps toning too.


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While I agree with your basic premise that MA or QT is a better partition than AT or NT, it is not a line that is crossed, rather a sliding scale. Some coins reach the level where we can say 99.9% that they are QT which is tantamount to just calling them AT. Do you remember this photo that I created a few years ago?



The real problem is that this thread is designed to be a way for people to share their toned coins with other collectors and to teach people about toning. Your incessant posting of clearly AT coins without declaring them either AT or QT basically undermines the entire purpose of this thread.

 

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Yes, I recall this work. I admire this piece of good work you created here Lehigh. It is a step in the right direction however the singluar sample under each partition is not adequate imo. I'm unsure if you intended this scale to be applied to nic's only, or across all denominations and series. My guess is that it was for nic's only. It would be really cool to create a thread in which we could all post and then partition a coin into one of the catagories to build subject matter that can be employed to 'teach people about toning'... this work is good, but incomplete imo.

The only think I don't like about it is that the three "acceptable" samples are all book toned and can be mass produced, and are mass produced, very very easily and fast. So essentially you created one of the most easily AT'ed patterns and called it MA. Maybe there a nuiances within the pattern that serve as 'tells'..?
That said... I would also agree that there are equally many NT nic's out there from books with these patterns. The deliniation I use between AT and NT is intent.... Unfortunately, we all know why most ( or at least many ) people put coins in books... they are at least hoping for toning to occur as fast as possible... so AT ?... that's why we need to content under each partition.

I think I've posted many coins in this thread that hit each of the samples you have here.. and as no one else is calling out or referring to this scale with each posted coin, so I don't either (I do think this it would be cool if everyone did however). Even the slabbed posted coins should could be rated.

As to the purpose of the thread, I do not view it as a venue for teaching about toning. I have my opinions on the subject and leave it up to others to derive their own. You and Doug are better suited and more experienced than me.... I have always enjoyed your posts and comments,, both yours and Doug's.