Post a Toned Coin

That is very interesting because that is almost the exact color of copper that is reacted with Nitric Acid (CuNO3)

 

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He is blue quite often.

 

I want blue...

 

No shortage of blue.

 

I heard that George was blue also, here is proof!

 

Just to keep George going.

 

Yeah, he cheers up when he sees a rainbow.

 

$20 each at a yard sale this past weekend. no idea about the toning origin, but those $20's couldn't get out of my wallet fast enough:devil:

 

The toning is AT, but that is a real nice silver rip!

 

Couldn't pass this coin up for $40 at an antique shop (yeah I know, I was shocked to find something good too!)

 

Yeah.. and I never go to yard sales ! Was more of an estate sale than yard sale I guess.. the kind where you were allowed to essentially go into the house and pick paintings off the wall, etc... everything was for sale. Free beverages in the garage, so I went out there (free stuff Snooped around the workbench a bit, and inside a tin that I assumed held nails, nuts, bolts, etc.... viola, Beginners luck I guess. There they were.. Top one goes in the junk silver bucket. Bottom one is nice enough for a flip imo. Toning on that one obviously appears more NT than the top one (not that I can tell the difference) and is in ~MS. Both were in the tin can with some trash wheats, and a few nuts and bolts (literally). Top one was wrapped in yellow paper that had noticable hint and smell of oily residue on it (probably from sharing a tin can on the work bench with nuts and bolts).. the bottom one was in a flip, which also appeared to have absorbed a bit of oily reside from the same environment. I was surprised to see them in such good shape given where they were stored, or rather thrown and forgotten. folks who were running the sale obviously overlooked also... I should have just taken the tin can over and asked how much, probably could have gotten it and the contents for $1, but instead I took these out and brought them over to the table with the gals taking the $ and asked them how much.. They had no idea and offered $20 each... SOLD ; )

 

$40?? Wow, nice steal there. Why can't I get so lucky.

Any love for Kennedy?

 

Nice find bahabully. I agree with Lehigh, most definitely AT. But at that price it makes no difference! I would give that 1923 a quick dip, looks to have nice details and luster.

 

Maybe I've never really looked, but I haven't seen too many toned 40% halves. Very nice!

 

Probably because your not looking for coins in the right places.. you need to check out the nuts and bolts section of your local workbenches ; )

 

1879-O Morgan Dollar

 

Picked these up on Wed at melt for at $27.50

 

No??? 40%ers tone like crazy!

 

For Sure.

These may be posted somewhere in this thread, but here they are again. The 1965, 67 and 69 are NGC MS66. The 1966 and 1968 are NGC MS65. All are * except the 1967. These are owned by PCGS/NGC member "Toneddollars".

 

OK, it's not a USA coin, but it has some nice subtle toning. I got this one this week.