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Can A Nickel Have The Original Mint Luster And Be Toned?

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cmajlz
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Can a nickel have the original mint luster and be toned? If the answer is yes, how can you determine when it is toned?
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Yes it can, and you can tell its toned when its a different color than when the coin was minted. Toning can get very a colorful rainbow, spotted, or just plain turning black, as silver tends to do.
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Cartwheel luster and champagne toning are one of my favorite combinations.
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Toning can get very a colorful rainbow, spotted, or just plain turning black, as silver tends to do.

Not much Silver in a Nickel. I think the question was for Nickels only. Maybe not. And yes any metal coin can tone from new to old.
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Yes I would say a real toned coin can have luster.
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Toning does not effect true mint luster unless it progresses to black....the final stage. Then it's pretty much a goner.
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