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New Member
United States
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I have found quite a few toned coins while roll searching. At first I kept them all. As time went by I was just getting too many so I just started keeping the ones I thought were really cool looking.
What do you guys do with toned coins?
I know there are collectors who love toned coins. They don't do much for me though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
648 Posts |
I keep them if they really appeal to me.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2805 Posts |
Only toned ones that are supposed to be toned (silver, copper, brass). The other coloured ones I try to touch as little as possible - today I found a green nickel that had someone's eyelash stuck to it...  |
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
I am not really into toned coins but when I find one roll searching and it looks better then the rest I will keep it. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1436 Posts |
I just love 'em. When adding to my collection, I specifically look for them and if between a toned coin and an un-toned coin in the same condition, color wins every time!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2130 Posts |
I keep toned coins that have nice appeal. I have many clad Kennedy halves that have toned.  to CCF! Edited by chris12018
03/27/2013 07:10 am
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New Member
Singapore
25 Posts |
Toned coins are actually pretty. Some collectors love it especially when they are really old. I have some. Sometimes it shows the history of it from the color itself.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Rainbow toned coins are in a very delicate and transitory state. The best you can do with them is lock them up in airtight screw capsules.
Unfortunately, that method of preservation usually precludes storage with the rest of your collection, in some form of album.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2448 Posts |
If it's an ugly toning and has any PM in it, except Zincolns, it goes to my "Doomsday" hoard.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
I love toning, and found all sorts of types. My favorite is the electric blue toned nickels I have have found. Hard to show on camera, but when tilted toward the light you can see concentric rings of blue
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Valued Member
United States
134 Posts |
A consistent, even patina on a coin is very pleasing to my eye. Some degree of toning on older coins is almost a requirement. The lack of it suggests that someone has most likely been messing with it.
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New Member
United States
29 Posts |
I just found a very nice toned 1964 nickel, rainbow colored almost. I kept it because I have never seen anything like it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5208 Posts |
I have 3 Dansco albums with 8 pages (20 holes each page) that I keep all of my unusual, toned, plated, ounterstamped, PMD, stickered, melted, etc halves I find in. The albums weren't cheap and that is $80 face per album tied up in coins that are worth only $80 but I enjoy looking at them and wondering where they've been and what they've been through. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1109 Posts |
In general I do not like toning on coins, but I have been awed by some of the tremendous colors and patterns toned coins have. If I see one that just blows me away, I keep it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1109 Posts |
Since I postd this, I have found two toned coins I decided to keep. Maybe I am coming around to the idea of toned = nice?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1436 Posts |
How could anyone think toning isn't attractive   |
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Posted 03/27/2013 12:19 am
