Whitman toned Lincolns

[IrishMike]

I have a complete set of Lincolns in a Whitman album and noticed that some of the Memorials were tab toning, thought I would post a couple of pics.

[IrishMike]

If I send them into NGC, there are about a dozen of them with varying degrees of toning, I wonder if they will AT them?

[EVillageProwler]

Could the color be from corrosion instead of simple toning?

 

EVP

 

[IrishMike]

No its the blue album toning from the Whitman book. The rolls I took them from have none of this toning on them. Photos lighten the blue from its navy color.

[keithdagen]

Mike,

 

I've seen a lot of these slabbed, or at least ones with similar colors. Usually, they merit the RB designation, depending on how much Red is left, or might get knocked down to BN if there is little original color.

[paigow_johnny]

Interesting and attractive, no matter what NGC thinks...

[IrishMike]

Keith, I have no intention of taking them out of the album, 95% of the coins I own are not slabbed. The question about if they would AT them was strictly theoretical. It will be interesting to see what happens to them over the years. Even slabbed they are common date memorial cents worth virtually nothing.

[DWLange]

Some albums are not kind to the brass-plated zinc cents. Your 1984 looks as though it may be on its way to becoming a "no grade" coin. As a person who collects coin albums, I've acquired a number of Lincoln sets where the zinc cents were so badly corroded that they weren't even spendable. You can reduce the hazard by keeping your album in a climate controlled environment, but the longterm prognosis for the post-1982 cents kept in albums is not good.

[IrishMike]

Thanks for the reply, my total investment in post 1958 lincolns is less than $30, so I will let nature take its course on them just out of curiosity.