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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1054828, member: 15309&quot;]In my experience, eye appeal has different meanings when applied to mint state and circulated coins.&nbsp; The eye appeal of a mint state coin is usually a function of the other elements of the grading process in combination with toning.&nbsp; As noted by Mark above, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=135678&amp;p=1054282#post1054282" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=135678&amp;p=1054282#post1054282">The Toning Premium Thread</a> should go a long way in explaining the effect of eye appeal on value of mint state coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems that you are more interested in circulated coins however.&nbsp; I don&#039;t collect circulated coinage but I know many collectors that do and I know what they look for when they purchase their coins.&nbsp; It is rare for circulated coins to have rainbow toning and not something that most circulated collectors covet.&nbsp; Here is a key date circulated Mercury Dime that I purchased a few years ago as an example.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Mercury%20Dimes/MercuryDime1935RawF12H-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Eye appeal to most circulated collectors rests in finding coins with nice even wear and ORIGINAL surfaces.&nbsp; They don&#039;t like coins that are damaged, corroded, altered, and especially cleaned.&nbsp; Notice the damage between 1 &amp; 2 on the reverse of the toned coins shown above.&nbsp; That would automatically disqualify this coin for most collectors.&nbsp; Here is a photo of a well worn Mercury Dime in Good-4 condition that would peak the interest of a circulated coin collector.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Mercury%20Dimes/MercuryDime1921G.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helped answer your question.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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