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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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All that matters is wether the toning is Market acceptable to the grading services .
No matter how it got toned!
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Moderator
United States
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All that matters is wether the toning is Market acceptable to the grading services .
No matter how it got toned!  All toning is a natural chemical process. The AT versus NT debate does nothing but add confusion. A toned coin is either attractive or it is not.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Toning affects eye appeal. Eye Appeal affects value, both positively or negatively.
You vote with your hard earned cash as to the acceptability of the toning and how it changes your buying decision.
I keep it simple and search for UNDIPPED luster as close to as minted as possible. All toning is damage, regardless of its beauty. I'm betting my grandkids will be glad I searched for natural BRIGHT coins. As close to as originally minted should be everyone's choice (although it's not) - but true patience is required.
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Valued Member
Turkey
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I prefer to have coins look like as they newly minted. For me its only acceptable the toning on ancient copper and zinc coins. When I say ancient I mean its literal meaning an'cien. From 100 years ago.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I sort of dislike any toned coins. I try to only have not toned coins. However, not always possible. Many toned coins can appear as AT or NT or maybe something else but I doubt in many instances most people just can't tell the difference.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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To be safe and sure:
'Buy the coin, not the tone'.
Multicolor toning found on coins for whatever the reason,
is an unstable transitory state between blast white and a full even gray non luster appearance.
To be pedantic, toning is a form of surface corrosion.
Some like toning, some don't. I don't mind either way.
Nevertheless, original blast white is as a coin appears, when freshly minted, in absolutely pristine condition.
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New Member
United States
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"All that matters is wether the toning is Market acceptable to the grading services" Really should say "all that matters is whether toning is acceptable to the collector shelling out the money for the coin." I know some collectors who won't buy toned coins and others who will pay a nifty premium for toning, especially dollars.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Edited by jack jeckel
08/25/2022 8:49 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Pictures taken 3 years later show a natural progression to a darker tone, and will eventually degrade to an even, lusterless gray.
That is exactly as one would expect.
That is also what an intending buyer should expect, if considering nicely toned coins.
"Beauty strength and youth are flowers fading seen"
- George Peele (English poet):- A Farewell to Arms
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United States
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3 years later (6 total) Impressive!  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I think I would quit while you're ahead. No telling what it will look like in 3 more years if you keep it wrapped up in that napkin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice toning. I'd turn it around so the reverse tones more or lean it on the edge.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice pictures. That is very impressive. I really like that obverse toning.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Because pristine silver coins can be artificially tone to be very attractive, I do not ascribe any extra value to those coins. Because it can sometimes be very difficult to tell the difference between artificially and naturally toned coins, I do not ascribe any extra value to those, either. What you may find however, if you are very lucky, are 100 year old blast white silver coins in MS++ condition, just as if they had just left the minting press. Such coins would be very rare, and thus should attract a higher value, well above their toned equivalents. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To proceed to artificially tone freshly minted ASE's, and on sell them to those who like rainbow toned coins perhaps OK, but those buyers must preserve them in airtights, or they will be disappointed in future years. |
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