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Pillar of the Community
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Toning wont go black (terminal is the technical term) in your lifetime as long as you practice proper storage and related safeguards.
To answer the OP's question, I prefer blues and greens in my toners.
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Bullseye toner if it has tasteful toning.
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Pillar of the Community
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In general the only toning I like is when it is just very subtle coloration of the coin, anything more than that just seems gimmicky, especially rainbow toning.
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Pillar of the Community
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What kind of toning do I like? Ones that make my draw drop. I'm pretty fond of these 3    |
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I love the toned coins posted in this thread.
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I personally like natural album toning around the edge of the coin and that's all I've purchased, although I do find other toning beautiful!
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I personally like natural album toning around the edge of the coin and that's all I've purchased, although I do find other toning beautiful! I agree completely. Rim toning doesn't particularly distract from the coin's main details (unlike other types of toning that tend to cover them up) but still looks nice, IMO. |
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Here's another toner I like. As beautiful as a blast white walker is, they start to all look the same. Ones like this have character. My Two Cents at least.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Attractive toning always gets my vote, though sometimes a blast white deeply cameoed Proof Barber or Morgan can also get me just as excited as one with natural rainbow colors.
With colored toning I always prefer lighter colors, from blues to pinks and golds. Any brown, so called "russet" or dark toning just takes away from the eye appeal usually.
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Any brown, so called "russet" or dark toning just takes away from the eye appeal usually.  |
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Colors on the continuum of blast white to dark gray. Anything else is too psychedelic for my eye.
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I bet I'm in the minority based upon what I see in this thread, but I like colorful toning that is "original looking" and unlikely to have been achieved through coin doctoring. I don't claim to be an expert at determining this. I dislike old coins that are blast white since I think (other than Morgan dollars) that these were achieved by dipping to remove the natural toning progression achieved through time. |
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