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

PCGS ruined one of the best coin websites ever.

 

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Ohhhhh....the rare silver colored toning! NICE!!!

 

If anyone has something, feel free to post.

The Lincolns were an unofficial part of the thread (informative but not for points as that only applies to NGC & PCGS slabs).

 

Agreed. Why they can’t leave well enough alone

 

The Peace Dollar looks like it may have come from the edynamicmarketing collection.
I’ll go AT

 

I think it was improperly stored and possibly in a high humid condition, so my guess is NT.

 

The intermingled nature of the toning has me leaning NT but the toning on the reverse where the word PEACE is bothers me. I would say MA, but wouldn't blame others for being more conservative and going the other way.

 

The 1922 Peace is AT IMO.

 

I think so too.

 

The Peace just doesn't look right. AT.

 

The PEACE toning part is the only that bothers me but the color progressions look right.

MA

 

Color progression looks right. I’m saying it’s nt. But I don’t find it the least bit appealing except the reverse

 

We will call this one later tonight so get your comments in!

 

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I've been struggling with this one ever since it was posted.
Guess I'll cast a vote for QT.

 

This is the reason I said the Peace Dollar was NT. Years ago, this 1950 D BU Franklin was, inadvertently, stored in a box that was put in the attic for 5 - 7 or more years before I rediscovered it. The attic would be very hot in the summer and cold during the winter with lots of humidity at times.

The Franklin was in a 2 x 2 that had pin holes in it. Every dark spot was where a hole was located. Notice that the colors, on the Franklin, are very similar to the Peace Dollar. It's even changing to yellow toning.

 

To me it looks like someone got a little too close with a torch on the reverse.

 

I found more pics. Does anyone want to change their vote?

 

Nope, not at all.

One of the biggest "oddities" for me here is the fact that the toning at the bottom of the reverse nearly perfectly corresponds to the shape of the rock. I've seen exactly that same pattern on AT Walkers, where the toning mimicked the shape of the sun on the obverse. Whenever I see "coincidences" like that, I question it.