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Valued Member
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That's just crazy. I never understood the desire for wildly toned coins. Its all fake, just like professional wrestling but we can see how popular that is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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OK, here we go.
That is not fake toning. Fake would indeed be painting colors onto the coin. It is completely and totally natural. The toning is the natural reaction of the metal of the coin to heat and or checmicals. As noted, nickels found in the sand box were toned the same way. Natural process, so completely NOT fake or artificial.
Now, if you want to say those coins were purposefully subjected to high heat to get them to tone, no argument there. An acceleration of the natural process. Similar to a lab grown emerald or ruby. Its not fake, its just grown in controlled conditions.
And I LOVE the look of monster toned coins. I find it extremely interesting that the metals react in the manners that they do and create such beautifil patterns.
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Sooo .. smokeriderdon makes some valid points worthy of discussion ... agreed that the coins did indeed tone that way due to their composition and the external forces they were subjected to.  Always appreciate the contrarian viewpoint. Let's re frame this to ask "Are these naturally toned coins that arrived at the colors due to natural forces at work?" In this case obviously 'no' ... and most of us would view these and damaged and not interested. To each their own I say ... David |
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In this case obviously 'no' ... and most of us would view these and damaged and not interested.
To each their own I say ...
David
To each his own but I would like to meet the person who would buy 2 bucks worth of baked nickels for 23 dollars.
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Valued Member
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Well, I suppose there are specialty collectors out there that look for these type of coins specifically. And if it's the colors they like to collect instead of the coin itself, then I guess they are going about it in the proper manner. But myself being an avid collector of the coins themselves, enjoy a coin much more if it has a nice slow even tone present that doesn't engulf the entire coin. There's something to be said for not interfering with Mother Nature. Here's a thought: Would you rather have a beautiful rose that you nurtured and cared for to see it grow into something beautiful, or would you rather go out and buy a plastic one that may still look beautiful, but you know in your heart that it wasn't grown in nature and it's appearance would never change.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I read somewhere that frying up a nickel (I'm not sure if it's with oil or not.. Seems kinda hard to get it off :P) will cause I nice purple toning on it..
I don't get what the difference is if it toned in a roll or in a frying pan.. A rainbow-toned coin is a rainbow-toned coin..
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Rest in Peace
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Its all fake, just like professional wrestling..... flotsam, professional wrestling is fake? Say it isn't so.  Edited by numismo
06/29/2011 8:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I did some like that in a wood stove at a cabin
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Valued Member
United States
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All this talk is makin me want to roast some Jeffersons and make SMORES.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd describe that toning as "thin." Pass on all of these.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dont get me wrong. I dont want my entire collection to be toned coins. But do I want examples that I like? You betcha. I have a beautifully toned Morgan that was purposefully toned. My wife snagged one from the same guy on ebay that makes mine look plain. As for damaged... I can see the point. I dont agree across the board, but some of them if the person is overzealous, then yeah, they are damaged. OK, I HAVE to go try this now. LOL |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Classic look of intentionally toned coins. PMDLincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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United States
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I just want to make sure I understand this. You take a 1963 Jefferson nickel worth about 5 cents and put it in the oven for a couple of hours and then when it turns colors you can sell it for $10? And people buy these? Um... not a bad little business plan. |
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Yes, there are alot of collectors of "toned" coins, natural or otherwise. As I have to agree, they are very interesting looking and I like to keep a few as oddities, and they will bring a little premium over regular book price because of this usually, to the right person that is.
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