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Bedrock of the Community
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LOL, I am right here  but I certainly do not condone artificially toning and damaging coins needlessly, even if it is just junk silver. Just some food for thought- how certain are you that it is not a 1950-D/S or a 1964-D Type C reverse quarter that you are using for experimentation? What if your junk Morgan dollar turned out to be a Top 100 VAM? Ordinary junk silver is not always so ordinary, depending who is looking at the coin. |
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Ordinary junk silver is not always so ordinary, depending who is looking at the coin.
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well I hope I didnt lol, I already posted the morgan with pics on here and every one agreed its only worth melt. but other then that I'm pretty much done with the toning deal. way to much work for such a low succses rate.
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Why are you damaging coins on purpose? Thats just wrong. Some people like to buy what you call "junk" silver...but if you keep wrecking coins there wont be any nice ones for someones collection in the future.And for the first time ever I agree with biokemist6! |
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I won't purchase an artificially toned coin, and yes one can tell. And as far as those being just junk silver, they are also coins that are not in my collection and I'm sure probably others. Just because they are junk silver doesn't mean they are junk.
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I wouldnt buy a artificially toned coin either, I was just curious how people did it. I have no intentions to sell any of the one I succsefully toned, they will stay in my own collection. There my coins and I have the right to do what I want with them. And like I said before, know that I know how to do it I have no desire to do any more. The best thing I got out of all of this is that doing it my self, I now know of things to look for to reconize fake toned coins.
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The best thing I got out of all of this is that doing it my self, I now know of things to look for to reconize fake toned coins. A hands-on education from experience. I have no problem with that. |
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Another fun experiment is to heat coins. I've found a range top works well. |
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What I find strange is that some people will pay more money for coins toned this way than if they were white. Check out ebay listings for rainbow toned coins. 90% are artificial and most get higher prices when all that's been done to them is heat damage etc. It is a nice experiment to play around with. You should try to see if using different methods produces different colors. See if you can ever get a green toning...that's very uncommon. I'm sure there's a reason why, but my chemistry knowledge isn't good enough to know it. |
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