2023-D Eleanor Roosevelt Quarter - Just Toning (On Less Than 1yr Old Quarter) .or Something Else?

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mrak Valued Member United States 99 Posts	Posted 12/09/2023 11:58 pm As title implies toning or something else? Great eye appeal, hard to think environmental staining. Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 80023 Posts	Posted 12/09/2023 11:59 pm Environmental toning/stain. Might have been a cup holder coin. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Tacc Pillar of the Community United States 3535 Posts	Posted 12/10/2023 12:40 am Something reacting with the metal. Environmentally. Report this Post to the Staff
mrak Valued Member United States 99 Posts	Posted 12/10/2023 01:09 am Yes, we all agree a reaction of some sort. Is there a generally accepted distinction between toning and staining? To my totally non-expert intuition, if it were a cup holder coin, I would be more inclined to expect to see perhaps one side of the coin (maybe) affected with some splotchiness appearance due to some kind of liquid staining. Toning on the other hand seems harder to pin down, as who knows what kind of localized gases could be swirling around a coin at any given point and duration of time. Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 27514 Posts	Posted 12/10/2023 01:36 am There are many chemicals that will produce artificial toning on coins - and the majority are not gaseous. Have you tried soaking this coin in acetone? If it is truly toned, the acetone will have no effect on it. But if the colors are due to chemicals deposited on the surface, they will probably wash off. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
oddguy Pillar of the Community United States 4136 Posts	Posted 12/10/2023 09:39 am I hope for your sake that it is natural toning because it would be a very beautiful coin. And for my sake to hope I could find one like it. Thank you for sharing your coin with us. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 108950 Posts	Posted 12/10/2023 09:43 am nice looking coin, but as Hondo states an Acetone soak may help determine what is on the coin. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
mrak Valued Member United States 99 Posts	Posted 12/10/2023 09:52 am Yes, Hondo makes a great point. Have to decide whether I want to risk it now, lol. Report this Post to the Staff
coin rejector Pillar of the Community United States 2889 Posts	Posted 12/10/2023 12:02 pm @mrak.... I personally enjoy toned coins, especially Morgans. When it comes to collecting, our own individual interests are what makes collecting special to us. If it were my coin.... I'd leave it as-is, put it in a flip & admire it. Report this Post to the Staff
mrak Valued Member United States 99 Posts	Posted 12/10/2023 2:26 pm @coin rejector, I actually flipped it prior to starting this post. I am inclined to think this one leans more towards some kind of toning than staining. However, I like it as is. Can always break it out later if I want to know with more certainty. Report this Post to the Staff
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