Toning, if it is attractive, does not take away the value for me, it enhances it. Unattractive toning (dark coins or spotty toning) does not appeal to me, and I do not often buy them unless the price reflects that this is an unattactive coin. From what my coin dealer told me several years ago, copper coins may very well tone in a slab.
Yes indeed! If the coin has attractive toning it will almost certainly be worth more, but if it has BU (butt ugly) toning, the value takes a turn for the worse! Last week I was watching a semi-key Morgan on teletrade with UGLY toning....... and it didn't sell. Now, I'm not sure if a coin will continue to tarnish in a slab, since oxygen is needed and slabs are supposed to be air tight?? I don't know :-)
The Chief should know, he has an awesome blue-toned Indian cent that he had as his avatar a while back, perfect example of how toning enhances value.
Trav, a coin dealer, who was respected and trusted by all and just recently retired, loved to talk about coins. He was not a slab fan in that he was fairly neutral on the subject. and a group of us was having a discussion on slabs, and most in the room thought that slabs were a good thing and the fact that the coins was " protected" in a slab. He said that copper coins that were graded as red and red/brown in slabs could possibly turn more brown. He also said that neither PCGS nor NGC would guarntee that a copper graded red would not turn brown in their slabs. I have no personal knowledge of this.
Southslav, how can you leave out red and brown hair women! Tantamount to blasphemy!
Hypercooldeals, about three months ago someone posted an excellent article on toning in this forum. Look back around three months and you will find it or google toned coins and you will find plenty of information.
Hypercool, toning comes in many different shapes & forms. Some mono-chromatic, some darker, appearing to be tarnished & some just spectacular & colorful. Here is an example of nice rainbow toning
Did you start this thread because you were unsure about what to pay? It looks to me like you did good. It's a beauty. Not that my opinion matters because it's not my money. I think it was was worth it. Were you also looking at a couple of goodies that were toned while bidding on this? Just curious?
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