A couple of mid 1950's D Mint toned Washingtons for my set.

[SkyMan]

I'm trying to put together a 1940 - 1964 toned set of Washingtons, predominantly in MS66. Here are a 1953-D and a 1955-D pair of Washies for the set. Both date/mm generally have ugly to muted toning, and IMO these two have far superior toning than the norm. The '53-D is raw with my best guess being it would 66. The '55-D is PCGS MS65. I bought it already slabbed. This is one of those cases where the toning, for the date/mm, outweighs the technical grade that I was looking for. Also, I'm personally a little surprised that it wasn't in a 66 holder, as I've seen lot's of other MS66 Washies that have far more nicks and dings on them than this coin, plus the fact that for a '55-D this is really nice toning. There is a ~ 6.5 times price differential between a 65 and a 66, so potentially that is why the coin got an MS65. In any case, I'm a happy camper with both coins.

 

 

[bsshog40]

Nice looking there Sy!!

[TomB]

Both coins are far superior to most others for the dates. The 1953-D certainly looks to be an MS66 and I am a bit surprised the 1955-D is "only" an MS65. How is the luster in-hand?

[johnny9434]

nice quarters

[SkyMan]

Both coins are far superior to most others for the dates. The 1953-D certainly looks to be an MS66 and I am a bit surprised the 1955-D is "only" an MS65. How is the luster in-hand?

 

The luster is nice. It's definitely there underlying the toning.

[PCcoins]

Nice additions, I was eye balling the '55-d, but wanted something more radient. Just hard to find for the date... so I continue to wait

[Coppercolor]

Sy GREAT looking examples of those date/mm's. Both tough to find with that kind of color.

 

PCGS generally puts"darkly" toned 55D washingtons in 65 holders, but this one looks bright enough to be a 66.