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Could this be cameo under pretty toning

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I have tried to get this coin photographed quite a few times. It looks like I may have got it this time.

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Yes, it definetely could be! It's an altogether different look, toning over frost! VN coin! where do you find them!

 

Leo

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I can't answer your question but I can tell you that that is one heck of a coin!

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Crack that sucker out and give it a good dip. If the cameo comes out you can send it back in for an upgrade! 893frustrated.gif

 

That's a great looking coin (and I don't even like Morgans). thumbsup2.gif

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Gorgeous thumbsup2.gif

 

And yes - it does appear to be cameo to me.

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Are we calling frosty Mint State Morgan dollars cameo? I have heard some folks use that term for very frosty proof like dollars but am not clear on how frosty a Morgan needs to be to be called cameo.

 

It looks like a great coin regardless of what you call it wink.gif

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This is one of the more beautiful and desirable common-date MS-64s I've ever seen. I mostly collect brilliant white Morgans, but every now and then a toned piece knocks my socks off -- and this is one.

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Thanks all. ziggy29 this sounds a little like bragging but , this coin is really prettier than this scan. It took three trys to get this graded. It was bb each time for Qt.

 

I bought this coin and two others from a old golfer I met on the golf course. We started talking coins and he told me about a bunch of mirrored dollars he had put away years (25) before in the attic in kraft envolopes. he was major bummed when he came the next week to golf and showed me three mirrored coins that were damaged due to tarnish. He could not believe I wanted them and would pay extra for them. I'm still hopping to get a look at the rest of that collection.

 

TD

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On a second thought! When a coin has toned, the surfaces have gone through a change and to a certain degree, it's unreversable! So calling such a coin cameo which has toned over may not be the case. A coin could be dipped but something is lost giving the coin a somewhat dull luster. And the frosting would lose something as well.

 

Leo

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It certainly looks like a possible cameo to me but the toning is gorgeous. So, cameo or not, I'd leave it be. Very sweet!