Toned Morgans

[Lem]

I'm no toned Morgan expert so I thought I'd ask, do these look like real toning or artificial? They do end soon but here is the ebay item #230160000134. Check out the store they all look the same, is this possible?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-1898-S-PL-TONED-MORGAN-SILVER-DOLLAR-MS67_W0QQitemZ230160000134QQihZ013QQcategoryZ139812QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[jesbroken]

Sorry, Lem, but that is AT all the way. If you are in doubt, look at the sellers other auctions. Isn't it kind of odd that they all are toned nearly the exact same way-what are the odds of that happening? Priced too high anyway for an EF coin-JMO.

[Lem]

I thought so. I wasn't going to buy them, I don't collect Morgans. I have to agree what's the odds. Thanks Jim

[bsshog40]

I have seen these Morgans with this same seller. These look AT to me also, but I have watched a couple of his auctions and he does get decent premium dollars for these.

[cpm9ball]

It looks like he was trying to create the "Tid-E-Bowl" effect but he overcooked them. Notice how all of the perimeter devices are saturated in color. This is one of mine.

 

Chris

[bsshog40]

That's nice toning Chris!

[Lem]

That brings up another question Bobby, if this seller is getting a premium for these coins is there a market for AT coins? I myself would not want AT coins and since I do not collect these type of coins I really do not know.

[Lem]

Now that looks natural, nice looking coin Chris!!

[bsshog40]

That brings up another question Bobby, if this seller is getting a premium for these coins is there a market for AT coins? I myself would not want AT coins and since I do not collect these type of coins I really do not know.

 

There's always a market for these. As the old saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 3 catagories:There are those that oppose AT and will not buy, those that like the colors and will buy, and then those that do not know the difference and will buy. I would say, with 2 catagories over-riding the first, this is what helps these AT'd coins sell for the dollars they do.

[James_OldeTowne]

That is some awful, awful artificial color.

[physics-fan3.14]

I remember a discussion not too long ago about the same seller, with very similar looking coins. a couple of people mentioned the slide show effect that he had with his pictures.

[michael]

oh my

 

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[Dcoin]

Identical toning on reverse and obverse is an AT giveaway.

[DJCoinz]

I remember a discussion not too long ago about the same seller, with very similar looking coins. a couple of people mentioned the slide show effect that he had with his pictures.

Yup. The slide effect thing of his is the only part of his auctions I'm interested in.

[TerrapinWill]

Not only is that a brutal example of AT but the coin looks no better than XF