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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 5006228, member: 15309"]Ok, so here is the problem. Coin #1 is graded MS67. Now before everyone freaks out, yes the surfaces are not MS67 quality, they are closer to MS65-66, but the luster and strike are so good for a 1956-D, that the coin was market graded to MS67.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Yw40qk2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those of you who know me well and have seen my posts on this forum over the last 12 years know that I absolutely love rainbow toned coins. Having said that, something about coin #2 has always rubbed me the wrong way. I know that I should just accept that this is typical Dansco toning and be happy with the only MS66* in existence for this date/mm, but the thought that something is hinky about the toning on this coin simply won't leave my mind. I had the same feeling about my 1963 MS67* and I ended up selling that coin earlier this year.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/BChTBiI.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My problem is that if I move on from coin #2, will the MS65-66 surfaces of coin #1 linger in my mind in the same manner that the toning of coin #2 has? I still have not voted in my own poll, and so I can't see the results which I imagine are extremely tight. It would stand to reason that this forum may be just as divided on these two coins as I am in my own mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe if we just continue to talk about these two coins, somebody will make a comment that resonates with me so that I can break the tie in my own head.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 5006228, member: 15309"]Ok, so here is the problem. Coin #1 is graded MS67. Now before everyone freaks out, yes the surfaces are not MS67 quality, they are closer to MS65-66, but the luster and strike are so good for a 1956-D, that the coin was market graded to MS67. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/Yw40qk2.jpg[/IMG] Those of you who know me well and have seen my posts on this forum over the last 12 years know that I absolutely love rainbow toned coins. Having said that, something about coin #2 has always rubbed me the wrong way. I know that I should just accept that this is typical Dansco toning and be happy with the only MS66* in existence for this date/mm, but the thought that something is hinky about the toning on this coin simply won't leave my mind. I had the same feeling about my 1963 MS67* and I ended up selling that coin earlier this year. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/BChTBiI.jpg[/IMG] My problem is that if I move on from coin #2, will the MS65-66 surfaces of coin #1 linger in my mind in the same manner that the toning of coin #2 has? I still have not voted in my own poll, and so I can't see the results which I imagine are extremely tight. It would stand to reason that this forum may be just as divided on these two coins as I am in my own mind. Maybe if we just continue to talk about these two coins, somebody will make a comment that resonates with me so that I can break the tie in my own head.[/QUOTE]
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