Toned Nickels - Show 'Em Off

[MikeKing]

This one give me a hard time imaging. Coin is a little lighter.

 

I like that one Stan, real rugged and organic.

[Newmismatist]

A Nice Jefferson

 

[bsshog40]

Nice jefferson too!!

[Newmismatist]

Nice jefferson too!!

 

Here's another for you

 

[bsshog40]

Cool. they make a nice tone!

[rbrown4]

This Jefferson is in a 1961 Proof Set.

Rey

 

 

[Golden Oldie]

Jefferson 1963 dark toned? or mint error?

[bsshog40]

Well this is the best I have!!

[Stanley]

Thank you Mike,

I have taken at least 100 + images of it and this one turned out the best. I kept getting glare of the slab which made it look cloudy or dark edges from the thick slab insert. The coin is a little lighter in hand. It looks juiced but it isn’t.

[Wihlborg]

 

John

[Newmismatist]

As I said in another thread, I am new to all this. So please don't fall off your chairs laughing when I ask...

 

Seeing as how you are new, we've stayed seated

 

Are toned coins worth more or less?

 

Depends on what they look like - the several toned ones that I've posted in this thread are coins that I paid WAY over greysheet money for the grade - I think they are very attractive and they have great eye-appeal - Hence worth More to me and I'll pay a premium. Coins that are unattractivley toned are worth less than bid - but that's only MY opinion. Coins that are toned and not unattractive commend slight premiums - There are a number of coins posted in this thread that I would be happy to own!

 

And the thing I hate to ask even more, but I don't know the answer, so I will...

Are you doing something to those coins to make those tones?

(They are beautiful at the very least.)

 

IMO - Virtually every coin posted in this thread is a naturally toned coin, although there is one that I think is suspect - BUT, it could be how the image was "photoshopped" and the coin could be perfectly fine.

 

I am guessing "naturally toned" coins are more valuable and tones that people have done are... less??

 

Attractive Eye-appealing toned coins are worth more - unattractive toned coins may be so unattractive that you can't even get bid for them, coins with toning that has been added are curiosities that I would only buy as samples of the work of coin doctors so as to know what NOT to buy -