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Pillar of the Community
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Nothing special about this dime, but the toning is pretty. It was in a Whitman folder for many years.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Very attractive. Thanks for sharing!
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Pillar of the Community
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If you know that it was in the album for years, that is awesomely cool. I always get nervous with toning because I can't tell what is AT and NT.
Actually, I think toned dimes are the coolest because it a very small coin and the toning assumes much more of the "personality" of the coin.
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I know what you mean, KL. This particular dime I know, for sure, was in the folder all these many years. I bought it for melt price back when the Hunt brothers tried to corner the silver market (1980?)...I got it and many others at that time, put them in a folder, and really did nothing more than look at them occasionally for the past 27 years. Amazing how time flies!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Normally the Whitman folders do not tone coins, but they do discolor the reverses due to the glue in the slots. However, it your coins tone in any kind of folder, album or just in a 2x2, you should check the area you have them stored. There is a good chance you have a different problem of excessive gasses or humidity.
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Here's one from a Whitman cent book#3  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm sure the Carl is right, on some level. After 30 years of moving, storing, and often ignoring these dimes in a folder, I couldn't say they were never exposed to temperature and humidity extremes, but I find it difficult to envision that they were exposed to many environmental chemicals in a closed Whitman Folder in a stack of other closed folders. It is also odd (though this coin shows in better on the reverse than the obverse) that many of the dimes toned around the edge, with the centers relatively untouched. I, naturally, jumped to the easy conclusion that something about the folder either caused, or at the very least, enhanced the toning.
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Pillar of the Community
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I think I'll mark the date on the calander, and store it for 27 years, too. It should be interesting to see, that is if I am sdtill around to see it. One thing for sure, I'll need someone to lift the thing for me. I'm not sure I'll have the strength to do it alone! Let's see, hmmmmm, 27 years, hmmmm, that will make me 110 years old. I wonder if there is an album for old farts like me?
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow, Dino...maybe you'll tone some, too. LOL I'll only be 84 in another 27 years!
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Bedrock of the Community
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The chances that the folders actually created the effects is very slim. You must remember that if your talking about a FOLDER, not an ALBUM, there is a significent difference in air, gasses, moisture reaching the coins. To make things worse is the method of putting the coins into a slot in a folder. Most have to be pushed in with a thumb or finger. I've heard of some people actually using a rubber mallet for that. Of course the cardboard itself can and does absorb moisture from the air and will dissipate it to any coins present.
Again, it may well be the invironment and not the folder that creates those effects.
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