Cotton wool toned Morgan.. The Snow Queen !

[dooly]

Hi all won this toned morgan on eBay (payed to much again) which has been stored in a little cardboard box and wrapped in cotton wool for over 50years (a the seller says) she found it in her grannys house when she cleared it..

 

I wish i could take some photos of it to show you the lovley green/blue metalic tones also has golden copper tone to some areas

 

i also like the silver/white Spots on the bust side which make it look like it is Snowing

 

What do you think of it (i know the scan is poor) have i been ripped of and its AT or "dun" ok and its NT

 

 

eBay images of the coin !!!!

[jgrinz]

Spotting makes me a littel leary but the COINs overall look looks c00l

[cpm9ball]

You hitch up the horses; I'll get the blankets, and we'll take the little lady out for a sleigh ride! I wouldn't mind being seen around town with her!

 

However, I wouldn't believe everything someone on eBay tells you. Cotton and wool are two different fibers.

 

Chris

[jgrinz]

Can you link the auction I want to hear this story

[bsshog40]

Not a bad looking Morgan. Also, paying too much for a coin is not a crime for what you want.

[relicsncoins]

Did you get the box and cotton too?

[dooly]

yes i did but it will not scan well

[WoodenJefferson]

Mnay people kept their birth year or their parents birth years in some type of coinage. A Morgan was a favorite but it could be in just about any denomination tucked away as a keepsake.

 

As far as cotton or wool toning a coin, that is questionable, but the older cardboard box it was housed in could very well have had the right amount of sulphurs present to change the surfaces.

 

The images/scans show a rather dull looking surface, so to me it's a toss up about the toning. If you like it, nuff said...add it to the inventory and carry on.

[dooly]

Yes the little box was an old Jewlery (costume) box and looked at least 50years old who knows what they made them out of then..

 

Q? i have some Cordite and phostoxin do you think they would tone silver ?

 

all the best dooly

[SkyMan]

Dooly, first off, '85-O's can have quite lovely toning, so the toning doesn't surprise me. As to AT/NT I'd like to see it in hand before making a judgement on it. The toning looks akin to envelope toning to me, which seems reasonable if the coin was in a cardboard box. As to speckling, I would be worried if the circular speckling was toned, which you can get in AT from droplets of solution. The other way around, as you have here, of untoned circles surrounded by toning is generally fine.

[WoodenJefferson]

~Q? i have some Cordite and phostoxin do you think they would tone silver ?~

 

I don't know about toning, but I do know that you could blow it to smitherenes with a mixture of Cordite and aluminum phosphate...hope you don't try to experiment, you might make a phosgene gas...run for the hills.

 

320 lbs of Cordite will launch a 16 inch shell 24 miles...do you know how far a Morgan would go with just 1 lb and threw what?

 

Wasn't cotton once used with gunpowder?