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Help With Jefferson Nickels Toning Info

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 Posted 05/26/2014  12:03 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add OcalaFlorida to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I need help making sense of Jefferson nickel toning.

I have grown to like the deep blueish toned proofs I have and would like any info on toning if anyone could share any good reference on the subject.

I got a bunch of uncirculated Jefferson proof / sms nickels recently when I put them in pages I noticed most are normal, but some are rainbow toned, some golden toned and a lot are blue toned.

Is there a color chart of different toning levels on coins and which are most desired.

Is there a way to tell the difference of baked vs natural toning.
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05/26/2014 12:14 am
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Note all colors of toning look nice. When a coin is toned lightly, they are usually natural toning from being in the cello a long time. But value is in the eye of the beholder. I've saved a few aside that show a light toning. But the ugly ones I don't like. Here is one posted one time that is pretty:
Help-With-Jefferson-Nickels-Toning-Info
But the ones with too much color I feel are artificially toned. They are usually a darker blue and often a current date. When a seller has many to sell, I feel he is creating these and I ignore them. In fact I don't have an image to show of that type as I'm not interested in these. I bought a roll of 1955-S that someone toned by heating them over a candle. They show a lot of blues, greens and yellows. But are ruined in my eyes. I put them aside in 2X2's. Why? At that time I wasted a lot of 2X2's that I wonder why I did that now. Live and learn.
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LOL Ya, with the price of flips now 5 and 6 cents ea.
When they were one and Two Cents ea. who cared :)
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