New Purchase: Rainbow-Toned Peace Dollar

[astrostu]

My first rainbow-toned coin that I purchased specifically for the toning. I think it's rare that the Peace dollars have (a) toning that's not ugly, and (b) nice rainbow toning, so I'm relatively happy with this ... despite paying quite a bit for it. The toning was very difficult to photograph well, with the biggest difference between the picture and in-hand is that the obverse toning extends further around the edge of the field, from about 10:00-4:00. But, these are the best shots out of around a dozen with slightly different lighting on each.

 

[physics-fan3.14]

Looks nice.

[JIM F.]

That's a nice one. Seems Peace dollars either don't tone at all, or become "milky".

 

[JIM F.]

I have a lot of peace dollars, and if they tone at all, they usually look like this. Not even close to your nice one.

[dean1345]

Very nice coin and love your imaging.

[Schatzy]

Very Nice!!

[JIM F.]

Would you mind sharing, what you used to photograph the coin. It is a masterpiece.

 

[James_OldeTowne]

I have a toned set of Peace dollars in progress, but so seldom do I find one I like that I'm only up to about ten coins in the last five years !

[WinstonWare]

Handsome Peace dollar!

[SkyMan]

Very attractive!

[leeg]

Looks to have very nice lustre and color! (thumbs u

 

 

[lehigh96]

I am also working on a toned Peace Dollar set which has completely stalled in the last 6 months. Finding attractively toned Peace Dollars is very challenging. Finding rainbow toned Peace Dollars is almost impossible. Great addition Astro!

 

Here are photos of my current collection in progress.

 

 

 

[astrostu]

Thanks all for the compliments. I do like the coin.

 

Would you mind sharing, what you used to photograph the coin. It is a masterpiece.

 

I used an old Canon Digital Rebel body with a 24-70mm f/2.8L lens at 70mm where it's a near-macro lens. I used two lights that I hand-held and moved around, sometimes only using 1, in order to try to get the best (a) overall illumination, (b) proper shadows to show the hair detail, and © also show the toning. The final pics I used were pretty much a compromise between those three things out of a dozen or so pictures.

[RWB]

Nicely toned Peace dollars are difficult to find. Part of this is due to a different type of canvas for the bags. However, the greatest difference is that Peace dollars did not get 60-75 years of unmolested aging in dank vaults. Most spent only a couple of decades in mellowing, and when distributed, dipping away tarnish was very popular.

[astrostu]

Thanks, RWB! That helps explain why the Peace dollar toning is generally much worse than the Morgans.

[rrantique]

Very Nice Peace Dollar. (thumbs u