This one sat in a window sill for 2 years.

Baking, indirect morning sun for 2 years.
What does it look like?
It's a Silver Bicentennial Half.
Please give your surface and grade opinion of the coin as you expect to see it.
The obverse was face up.

 

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I will post some photos of the coin in a couple of days.
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Or simply give your opinion.

If you have a presentation coin from one of your experiments, please post it.

 

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I have the Corgi's attention, Damn I am good.

 

Just curious who you were talking to.

 

I have a cleaned bright white VG 1896-O Barber Half cooking on a windowsill right now. Only been there for a couple weeks though.

 

Just those who know how to take Photos right.

Or, you can simply write a description of the coin you expect to see....

 

It's kind of like a GTG, except for you are Guessing the Condition.
GTC.

 

What does the sill have to do with changing the appearance of the Coin? Oxidation? Why not bury it in the ground for several years???

 

I'll be cooking breakfast soon

 

If you're havin' bacon I'll be right over, d.

Bruce

 

Can I come over @dwhiz for breakfast? Can I ,Can I?? Can I conduct the train too?

 

Was it an old windowsill with leaded paint?

 

I've got a common Franklin half in my windowsill too, mostly just to see what happens

 

Heat and off gassing, A window sill will sometimes tone a coin, or give a cleaned coin a skin, making it look more acceptable.
Burying a coin will just give it environmental damage.

 

Nope no lead paint, new basement finish.

 

Thanks now I am getting hungry.

 

Would this be considered artificial retoning?
Since you are intentionally trying to retone a cleaned coin faster than natural circumstances?

 

I guess you could say that. The coin that I had in the window sill was not intentionally put there. It got left there when I was cleaning my office.
The window blinds are usually closed because the sun light interferes with my camera light.

 

@BRandM Sorry Bruce but today I made an omelet with eggs, cheese & capicola.