Toned Coin - "Monster Price"

Is toning a consideration of grade or only eye appeal?

If you take 2 1889 Morgan Dollars graded MS65 by the same grading company, but one is not toned and the other is a rainbow of colors, why are they not worth the same?

 

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That boils down to eye appeal. More often than not, beautiful toning with multi colors will sell for more than a blast white coin. Now this is a newer trend. In years past, it was the blast white coin that brought more money. It will probably change back and forth many more times over the years as collectors taste change.

 

Yeah, what he said. I have an old colonial copper coin that actually has the variety number PAINTED right on the coin. This was a common practice around the time of the depression. These days no knowledgeable collector would even think of doing that. What collectors find as acceptable and unacceptable has changed over time and will continue to do so. However with that said....I still believe that future generations of collectors will want untouched original coins and those of us today who artifically tone/color or in any way alter coins are robbing future collectors.

But who knows what the future holds? Possible one day when hordes or original coins are discovered, they might be polished, holed and elongated immediately to make them marketable. <shudder> Man I hope I'm not around if THAT ever comes to pass lol.