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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 905840, member: 15309"]The first thing you need to be able to do when purchasing rainbow toned coins is interpret the seller's photographs for accuracy of color. This skill comes over time with experience but it is crucial for you to know the typical colors and toning patterns that occur on the series of coin you are looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, the seller's photos are over saturated and the colors are a little to bright and vibrant. Look at the area on Liberty's neck and in the left obverse field under her chin. That orange-red is an extremely unusual color for a Morgan Dollar. You typically see either magenta or varying shades of purple-red, but not orange-red. My guess is that the color is off because the photo has been enhanced. I would expect the colors on that coin to be much darker in hand and similar to the colors found on this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars%204%20Sale/MorganDollar1884-ONGCMS63BinionH.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, the toning pattern on that coin, like the one shown above, is very odd and something I would consider questionable. If submitted today to either service, I believe the coin stands a good chance of getting no grade for questionable color.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are so many rainbow toned Morgan Dollars in the market that you don't ever need to settle. Unless you saw this coin an fell in love with it, I would pass on it all together regardless of price. Even if you fell in love with the coin, it would be unwise to pay more than 5X wholesale for this coin. The seller's price is extremely optimistic and if it does sell at that price, he will have to make his way successfully through the return process since his photo is enhanced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 905840, member: 15309"]The first thing you need to be able to do when purchasing rainbow toned coins is interpret the seller's photographs for accuracy of color. This skill comes over time with experience but it is crucial for you to know the typical colors and toning patterns that occur on the series of coin you are looking at. In this case, the seller's photos are over saturated and the colors are a little to bright and vibrant. Look at the area on Liberty's neck and in the left obverse field under her chin. That orange-red is an extremely unusual color for a Morgan Dollar. You typically see either magenta or varying shades of purple-red, but not orange-red. My guess is that the color is off because the photo has been enhanced. I would expect the colors on that coin to be much darker in hand and similar to the colors found on this coin. [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars%204%20Sale/MorganDollar1884-ONGCMS63BinionH.jpg[/IMG] In addition, the toning pattern on that coin, like the one shown above, is very odd and something I would consider questionable. If submitted today to either service, I believe the coin stands a good chance of getting no grade for questionable color. There are so many rainbow toned Morgan Dollars in the market that you don't ever need to settle. Unless you saw this coin an fell in love with it, I would pass on it all together regardless of price. Even if you fell in love with the coin, it would be unwise to pay more than 5X wholesale for this coin. The seller's price is extremely optimistic and if it does sell at that price, he will have to make his way successfully through the return process since his photo is enhanced.[/QUOTE]
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