Post Your Toned World Coins

I looked in my collection and found some more toned coins for your enjoyment. :jawdrop

 

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I could only attack (10) files... Here are some more

 

And last one...

 

Your Washington is MINT.

 

At first glance I thought this was Abe Lincoln with an Afro and started laughing until I realized it was a REAL coin!! LOL...shows what I know.

 

I know the feeling brother...I know the feeling

 

Nice, looks PL. Other side?

 

The toning on a few coins I saw really brought them to life. For example, that Guatemala 1964 coin had jungle color toning or something. Amazing. I also like a Canadian dime I saw with blue grayish toning that made the sailboat come forward awesomely. I've seen some ASEs at shows that had absurd rainbow toning, and the worst part to me was that they were graded clean. Since they are so modern, are they stuck in a paper holder with cigarette ashes or something?

 

I got this for close to bullion at a shop. It was in a SA box and the paper it came with was laying on top of one side all along, which is why it toned so nicely on one side. The other side is kinda cruddy, but what can you do

 

haha it's in a proof set so definitely PL. The other side is basically clean. A couple of deeper red spots but the rest is bright.

 

I don't really look for toned examples in World Silver, but maybe I should. Awesome examples shown. Here is one I have shown before but I'll do again. I really like it. Along with all the others displayed.

 

Nice. I know it's a restrike but I wonder how long ago it was struck. Very nice edge toning

 

Not real sure. I'm guessing the case would date it in the 60's, maybe 70's. Might do some research on it. Someone from this site did a translation for me a few years back. This coin came from Austria.

"German empress, queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria 1740-1780. Mother of 16 children."

"The Taler has been minted since 1753. Had major significance as a trade taler in the Vorderer Orient and many parts of Africa, partly until today."

 

There was an article I think I read that said you can figure out a few date ranges when some of the earlier ones were made. You can tell by characteristics of the die strikes, like minor differences between each die. Not really sure though.

 

The ASE toning has come into question several times in other threads. I do understand that there are many Artifically Toned ASE’s out there and I also believe that under the right conditions ANY coin with silver in it will oxidize naturally and tone. What I have discovered, and most recently in the ASE I posted, that the sulfur/salt (in the air I presume) that is prevalent on the islands of Hawaii causes the beautiful toning you see and in a very short period of time. I have sent several into to NGC and PCGS and all have come back with no problems at all. Hope this helps. Thank you and enjoy what remains of your day.

 

OK...here are some more toned Canadian coins. I am pretty sure its the 1867-1967 Commemorative 7-coin proof set. I took them out of the beaten up red and white box and put them in 2X2's. But before I did I took a couple of pics. In hand, these coins are amazing. You have to tilt them and you will see all the colors. Hope they come out good enough for you guys to see. Enjoy!!!

 

Interesting. Thanks for input. I didn't know about that kind of toning taking place. I've heard some places with high humidity are tough places for coins and extra precautions are needed to prevent damage to coins (Florida?). I'm clad I live in SoCal