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cyrus New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 09/28/2013 12:07 pm Good morning I found a 1979 Kennedy that appears to have beautiful gold toning to it. I have seen gold and silver plated coins and this coin looks like natural toning and not any kind of plating. But I have read that you can artificially tone a coin so I am not sure if this is the real deal? Any comments would be appreciated Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

cyrus New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 09/28/2013 12:09 pm One more comment The entire coin surface front and back and sides is gold toned Report this Post to the Staff
zxcccxz Pillar of the Community Canada 5417 Posts	Posted 09/28/2013 1:04 pm Probably natural. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/28/2013 1:32 pm Circulation removes the area highest up on the taller devices. Natural? Possible tampering, possible toning. Hard to tell from an image. Report this Post to the Staff
cyrus New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 09/28/2013 2:09 pm Hi Richard, Any way to examine and tell if it is natural? I read all the posts on line about toning - fake toning and I still cannot tell if this coin is real or not? Thanks Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/28/2013 2:36 pm Toning is a call made by those who collect them. I'm not a big fan of toning. But when I see them at coin shows/stores I may buy them. They will continue to tone even in a 2X2. Albums are notorious for toning coins. The elements in the production affect BU coins. This one was in a Dansco for years: Some other uses of toning products are out there. So I look at the toning itself. Real strong colors maybe created and look un-natural. Real toning can affect the outside edges first. Then the center with a rainbow color. So they can be created by on older cleaning and left in an album for a long time. Some heat coins to create this. Yours just has a yellow tone now. But it may keep toning. (Sulfur in the air makes coins tone yellow.) But you coin is not a silver coin and my just have something added to it to turn it, or it maybe natural. I would put it in a 2X2 and see what happens with it. Don't wipe it, clean it. Just store it and keep us posted. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 09/28/2013 3:21 pm I've nothing to add except that I'd die to be the person who owned that 1866 Half. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCollector2000 Pillar of the Community United States 2563 Posts	Posted 09/28/2013 4:40 pm with SsuperDdave! Report this Post to the Staff
cosmoscoins Valued Member 164 Posts	Posted 09/29/2013 07:11 am Looks like normal light NT toning if that,not AFT,,,Cosmos Report this Post to the Staff
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