Featured The Slabbed (NGC/PCGS) AT-QT (Artificial/Questionable Toning) Thread

Chance this was lightly toned then gassed after slabbed?

and AT is my vote obv

 

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Just doesn't look natural to me AT
@heavycam.monstervam
@BlackberryPie

 

AT. Looks heated to me.

 

I have a Franklin for the next one.
PCGS PR64

 

Summary of results:
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Coin 1 - Clad Dime (pg.1) - 2 (NT/MA) vs 6 (AT/QC)
Coin 2 - Franklin (pg. 1) - 3 (NT/MA) vs 7 (AT/QC)
Coin 3 - CBH (pg. 4) - 5 (NT/MA) vs 0 (AT/QC)
Coin 4 - Silv PR Ike (pg. 5) - 3 (NT/MA) vs 6 (AT/QC)
Coin 5 - Peace Dollar (pg. 7) - 6 (NT/MA) vs 4 (AT/QC)
Coin 6 - Ohio Silv PR 25c (pg. 8) - 0 (NT/MA) vs 11 (AT/QC)
Coin 7 - 1964 MS 25c (pg. 9) - 11 (NT/MA) vs 0 (AT/QC)
Coin 8 - 1974 Clad PR 25c (pg. 11) - 4 (NT/MA) vs 5 (AT/QC)
Coin 9 - 85-O Morgan (pg. 12) - 7 (NT/MA) vs 1 (AT/QC) *no points*
Coin 10 - 1890 IHC (pg. 13) - 7 (NT/MA) vs 3 (AT/QC)
Coin 11 - 1893 Col. Commem (pg. 14) - 10 (NT/MA) vs 2 (AT/QC)
Coin 12 - Silver 3c (pg. 15) - 7 (NT/MA) vs 0 (AT/QC)
Coin 13 - SBA (pg. 16) - 5 (NT/MA) vs 2 (AT/QC)
Coin 14 - Large Cent (pg. 16) - 7 (NT/MA) vs 0 (AT/QC)
Coin 15 - Franklin (pg. 17) - 0 (NT/MA) vs 14 (AT/QC)
Coin 16 - 1964 10c (pg. 18) - 0 (NT/MA) vs 10 (AT/QC)
Coin 17 - 1966 1c SMS 67*(pg. 19) - 7 (NT/MA) vs 0 (AT/QC)
Coin 18 - Silve 25c (pg. 19) - 10 (NT/MA) vs 0 (AT/QC)
Coin 19 - Peace Dollar (pg. 20) - 0 (NT/MA) vs 10 (AT/QC)
Coin 20 - 1945 1c (pg. 21) - 14 (NT/MA) vs 0 (AT/QC)
Coin 21 - 1964 50c (pg. 22) - 6 (NT/MA) vs 5 (AT/QC)
Coin 22 - Peace $1 (pg. 23) - 6 (NT/MA) vs 3 (AT/QC)
Coin 23 - Franklin (pg. 24) - 0 (NT/MA) vs 4 (AT/QC)
Coin 24 - Jefferson 5c (pg. 24) - 1 (NT/MA) vs 5 (AT/QC)
Coin 25 - Peace $1 (pg. 25) - 8 (NT/MA) vs 2 (AT/QC)
Coin 26 - 1947 10c (pg. 26) - 10 (NT/MA) vs 4 (AT/QC)
Coin 27 - 1940 Walker (pg. 27) - 7 (NT/MA) vs 6 (AT/QC)
Coin 28 - 1970-S Cent (pg. 28) - 11 (NT/MA) vs 0 (AT/QC)
Coin 29 - Roanoke Commem (pg. 29) - 5 (NT/MA) vs 2 (AT/QC)
Coin 30 - Peace Dollar (pg. 30) - 2 (NT/MA) vs 5 (AT/QC)
Coin 31 - Peace Dollar (pg. 30) - 7 (NT/MA) vs 1 (AT/QC)
Coin 32 - Long Island Commem (pg. 31) - 8 (NT/MA) vs 0 (AT/QC)
Coin 33 - New Rochelle Commem (pg. 32) - 5 (NT/MA) vs 0 (AT/QC)
Coin 34 - 1964 Kennedy (pg. 32) - 0 (NT/MA) vs 7 (AT/QC)
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NT/MA: 22 total
AT/QC: 12 total

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Points:

ddddd - 9
Lehigh96 - 2
TheFinn - 1

 

The Kennedy will be called as the results seem clear.

Let's move on to to the PR 64 Franklin posted above the summary post (post #644).

Edit: found a photo of the Franklin from the previous seller that has the full slab (optimized for color and not optimized).

 

With the Franklin, I'm not certain. I've seen some colorful proofs, but this one is a bit different. I suspect it might have already been toned but then had some extra help (heat or chemical treatment).

I'll go QC

 

Questionable on the franklin. Not blatantly AT but not exactly market acceptable in my opinion

 

The black islands look out of place to me. If they weren't there I'd go MA but since they are there I have to go QC.

 

Ive seen alot of crazy things in my lifetime.
Ive seen alot of crazy things happen in an OGP celophane too........ hmmmmm

I dont avidly collect proof coinage, but ive seen what heat can do up at the flea market-slangin coins in the summertime...

NT
Reluctantly

 

I have a Canadian half that has colors like this, so:

NT

 

I'm at NT on the coin and AT on the image.

 

I think the proof Franklin is NT/MA

 

Proofs can pick up some truly strange toning patterns, so I'm going with M.A.

 

The Franklin looks MA to me, but I don't care for it regardless FWIW.

 

Next coin.... EOR Morgan. My focus is a bit off. Playing with new lights and tripod.

 

I'm on the QC to AT on this one,all day long.
but what do I know.

 

Are we done with the Franklin?

If so, NT on the Morgan.

 

NT on the EOR Morgan

 

I think the Morgan is questionable. Most of the ERT's I have seen imaged have fairly broad areas of a single color , perhaps shading into another. This one has so much variation in toning that I just can't fit it into my ERT "paradigm", for what that is worth.