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19 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Gratian Siliqua, 367-375

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Treveri. Silver, 2.03g. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; DN GRATIA-NVS P F AVG. Roma seated left, holding Victory and sceptre; VRBS - ROMA, mintmark TRPS (RIC 27f). From the Otterbourne (Hampshire) Hoard 1978.

Great pastel toning on that one

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Great coins, coin-gang ... 

Meh, I thought this cool ol' Akragas coin from 2500 years ago might be neat enough to toss into this sweet toned-thread?

 

Sicily, Akragas Cast AE Trias (4 Onkia) 

circa 450 BC

Diameter: 14 x 19 x 20 mm

Weight: 16.28 grams

Desc: Eagle standing left & trident of crab’s claws on sides, four pellets on base
Reference: SNG ANS 1015-7; CNS 1

Other: I have clean enough hands and cool fingerprints

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1 minute ago, Steve said:

Great coins, coin-gang ... 

Meh, I thought this cool ol' Akragas coin from 2500 years ago might be neat enough to toss into this sweet toned-thread?

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A beauty and fits here nicely

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A toned CAESAR

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Julius Caesar
AR Denarius, 46/45 BC
Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain
Obv.: Diademed head of Venus right, Cupid behind shoulder
Rev.: Trophy with oval shields between female and male seated captives, CAESAR in exergue
Ag, 3.90g, 18mm
Ref.: BMC 89, Crawf. 468/1, Syd. 1014

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45 minutes ago, Spirityoda said:

Canada...

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Love your toned Canadians. I am quite jealous actually. I have hundreds of Canadian coins of all denominations, due to my Parents and 3 sisters all living in and around Vancouver, and not one has ever toned dramatically, even though I live in a hot, humid part of the world.

 

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Thank you.  Well I have been collecting for almost 23 years now.  I mostly buy all my toned Canadian coins off Ebay.  I buy at Las Vegas coin shows too.  Some do not come cheap either.  There is a strong market for pretty toned Canadian coins.  Many collectors hold on to the best toned coins.  When they go to sell they ask high prices.  Some I can afford others I can not.

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2 minutes ago, MrMonkeySwag96 said:

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Q Antonius Balbus Denarius Serratus. 83-82 BC. Laureate head of Jupiter right, S C behind / Victory in quadriga right, control letter below, Q ANT BALB P R in ex. Cr364/1; Syd 742.
 

 

What a great looking coin

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Scotland Charles II Merk 1680

 

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A Merk in Scots vernacular is a coin worth 13/6 or 13 shillings sixpence and the term originated as mark and was used in the 16th and 17th centuries in Scotland.  After the Act of Union of 1707 it was tariffed as one shilling in the new British pound revaluation.  Most examples were called in from 1707-1709 melted and re-minted as sterling coinage with the "E" mintmark for Edinburgh.  Whilst no coins were minted in Edinburgh after 1709 the mint existed as some overlooked aspect of the Act of Union until it was abolished in 1816.

 

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4 minutes ago, UkrainiiVityaz said:

 

United Kingdom Victoria One Penny 1854

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I love large bronze coins with mellow toning with hints of the original mint bloom peeking through on the devices of the coin.

Beautiful color to the Victoria penny

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 several more toned denarii...

RR Libo

RR Aulus Licinius Nerva with one-armed horseman dragging fallen enemy.

Vespasian denarius - Judaea Capta series.

Denarius of young Nero , minted under Claudius, as Princeps Iuventutis.

nicely toned denarius of Gordian III.z52166.jpg.17b26f368dcabdca9f7a73a18152e236.jpgREk8j2rX4LYds5aMPQ9boKJ7Gq6Mn3.jpg.52ac984f3f3a1138165f4fb23002d700.jpgY00896LG.jpg.e32bf6a83240712b328dc8ba650cd896.jpgs1918.jpg.e39dfb839833397f5b5117a67c243ea7.jpgwTi65XxMBsL7K4eg3iWXQ72ny8BfYb.jpg.43cc3f1cee23baba7138c8c6bd5d3237.jpg

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Saxon Continental Phase Series D, Type 2c, Variety 3e Sceat, 695-715

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Frisia or Britain. Silver, 1.2g. Radiate ‘British style’ bust left (only 5% have left-facing busts), with large triangular nose, no eye, chevrons before and behind, linear pyramid neck. Plain cross (SL 8-20; SCBI 69, 172 this coin; Beowulf 28 this coin; Metcalf 176 same dies; Spink 792). Ex Tony Abramson. From the Aston Rowant (Oxfordshire) Hoard 1971 (CH I, 347) of 350 sceattas, deposited around 710-715 near the Icknield Way, an ancient track that runs from Norfolk to Wiltshire. The hoard is used as the divide between primary and secondary sceattas.

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Let me show in my "cabinet" - if I find some "toned" coins.

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Iulia Maesa, Silver Denarius Rome 218/222 n.Chr. RIC 268, Av: IVLIA MAESA AVG, Rv: PVDICITIA

 

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Septimius Severus, Silver Tetradrachm Laodicea ad Mare 208 AD Prieur 1149, Av: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ CЄOYHΡOC CЄ, Rv: ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ Γ

At this Tetradrachm I like the colors at the revers.

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Titus, as Caesar. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.32g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 73. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP CEN; Laureate head right. Ref: [PA]X AVG; Pax standing left, leaning on short column, holding caduceus over a purse set on tripod with her right hand, cradling an olive branch with her left arm. Ref: RIC II 551 (Vespasian); Calicó 744; BMCRE 110 (Vespasian); Biaggi –. Near Very Fine. Dark reddish-purple toning. From the Alpine Collection. Ex CNG eAuction 457 (4 Dec 2019), Lot 262.

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