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What Do You Think Of This Toning?

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 Posted 08/30/2014  10:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Necer149 to your friends list
Wow, that is really all I can say. Beautiful!
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 Posted 08/30/2014  10:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add RedRaider to your friends list
artificial and not attractive to me.
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 Posted 08/30/2014  10:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add streg2 to your friends list
I would say AT and not pleasing to my eye.
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 Posted 08/30/2014  11:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Matteproof to your friends list

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Wow, that is really all I can say. Beautiful!

I know it's just a matter of personal tasteā€"but I disagree.

Looks like AT, may be done to hide cleaning.
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 Posted 08/31/2014  12:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add matttheriley to your friends list
You guys are really good! This is my pocket piece that looked like it was cleaned with sandpaper. I was experimenting and toned it by crumbling up a hard boiled egg and leaving the coin in a container with the egg for ten minutes. I am hoping that after a while of carrying it it will become more mellow.
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 Posted 08/31/2014  12:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ALP to your friends list
Wow- 10 minutes is all it took? If it's a cleaned pocket piece, no harm in experimenting!
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 Posted 08/31/2014  02:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ASEnut to your friends list
It will mellow out, I did it with my ASE the colour became softer, the best way is to make sure it rubs in your pocket, only your morgan it will ease up
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 Posted 08/31/2014  05:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Necer149 to your friends list
Oops lol. Looks like I need to go look at some actual toned coins and compare.

Mark
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 Posted 08/31/2014  07:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wheatchaser140 to your friends list
I'd be curious to see how the coin looks after a year of being used as a pocket piece.
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 Posted 08/31/2014  07:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CherreePicker to your friends list
Necer as far as toning goes with this coin notice the "blotchy appearance" of the toning. Also halos around the stars and the color progression. Aside from the color the pics scream abusively cleaned.

"Popular colors on Artificially and Intentionally toned coins are:

Excessive Blue/Magenta/Purple/Burnt Orange hues in billowing shades that do not gradient evenly. This is created by heating nickel or by adding a sulfurous compound to the surface. You can recreate this by crushing up the yolk of a boiled egg and keeping it in a container with the coin for less than 30 minutes. It is obvious, even to the Toned Morgan Rookie.
Bands of color with excessive Pink/Purple hues or colors that simply do not look natural to someone armed with the experience of seeing lots of naturally toned Morgans.
Sick and pale shades of green blending with pink are a sad attempt to recreate the rare green color band but these are easily distinguishable from NT coins by focusing on the other characteristics of NT coins and just from the inconsistencies in the shade and layout of the color on the coin."

Good site to start with: http://www.jhonecash.com/coins/tonedmorgans.asp


Plus that 2nd pic is an assault on the eyes. LOL
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 Posted 08/31/2014  11:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add matttheriley to your friends list

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Plus that 2nd pic is an assault on the eyes. LOL


@Chereepicker-Tell me how you really feel! LOL!
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 Posted 09/01/2014  08:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Celticsoul to your friends list
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 Posted 09/01/2014  9:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ant76 to your friends list
So if you put a coin in a container with an egg yoke it changes color? Why does this happen? Is the yoke in contact with the coin or just in the same container not touching? Very interesting
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 Posted 09/01/2014  9:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add matttheriley to your friends list
Not touching, it is artificially recreating what happens naturally. Just MUCH quicker. The buildup of silver sulfide is what causes toning on a coin and the sulfer in the egg yolk hastens the process.
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 Posted 09/02/2014  09:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ben to your friends list
If the egg is freshly cooked the yolk will be hot and it will kick out sulphur much quicker. I once toned a UK 20-for-20 to a gold colour using htis method.
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