Weird Toned Morgans

[FC57coins]

Care to guess how they got this way?

 

[errorist]

Placed on the stove with oil on the coin with a washer under it.

[FC57coins]

Good - but no

[Tassa-migration]

Well?

[RJ-migration]

Placed in your toilet with the Tidy Bowl level on "fill".

 

RJ

[EZ_E]

Digame Frank, como paso? Qualquier, me gustan mucho y pienso que estan muy bonito ejemplos.

 

Cuidate.

 

Victor

[jom]

Someone turned the contrast up on the pictures?

 

jom

[FC57coins]

Man - you guys are vicious on this side of the street!

 

The coins are raw, so I was able to shine a light right on them, hence the colors came out rather brilliant and the detail rather sharp. The perpetrator of the toning turned out to be a wooden box holding a collection of Morgans. Each of the spaces for the dollars had a round peg with a piece of felt propping ou the dollars slightly, hence the resulting coloration on the revereses. Would these be considered NT? Dunno, and may never know. The 1898O is about an MS63, with the 1886, perhaps a notch or two down. Certainly not thinking about grading these bad girls but they'll look nice in a Capitol holder of their own

[EZ_E]

Great post! Don't be a stranger .

[chinook]

How long and what were the environmental conditions in which the coins were stored?

[FC57coins]

How long and what were the environmental conditions in which the coins were stored?

 

 

 

As I understand it, the collection was stored in a closet for over 25 years - being taken out periodically, but the coins were not disturbed from their holders. These two examples were the best toned from the lot. There were other coins, but those were toned grey or brown, and they were disbursed in a lot sale.

 

Don't be a stranger

 

Im not - I'm usually in the rafters somewhere - just need to pop in more often. I have over 30 dimes in to NGC for grading - you'll be hearing from me soon on those

[michael]

A GREAT THREAD frank i learned lots!!!!!!!!!!!

 

frank would you mind doing another franklin mintstate coin report here the franklin date series and would you please start with the 1954-s!!!!!!!!!!

 

i am looking forward to your write up and also photos showing fbl and nion fbl in gem and higher

 

michael

[nOoBiEeE-migration]

I was going to say stored in an envelope in an attic or somwhere else where it may have been somewhat humid etc... Nice toning going on there.

[FC57coins]

Here's a little update to this thread - As I had mentioned, the two Morgan dollars that I imaged at the top of the thread had come from a private collection and were mounted in kind of a strange holder - well - below is that holder. It's designed to put dollar sized coins into the individual slots and then display them as a picture ona a wall. The holder was obviously hand made, and it's kinda nifty looking. I thought some of you might enjoy seeing it.

 

 

Frank

 

[jom]

OK, but isn't that a Bunson Burner I see there in the background?

 

jom

[Wihlborg]

Neat looking holder. A pretty interesting design actually.

 

Thanks for posting the photo Frank.

 

John

[FC57coins]

Jom:

 

I think that's a frying pan sitting in the kitchen sink

 

[GP_]

ohh thats a cool looking display thingy!