What Causes This Type Of Toning On A Morgan Dollar?

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Connor Pillar of the Community United States 2130 Posts	Posted 08/12/2017 2:16 pm What would cause this type of toning? Report this Post to the Staff

moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 08/12/2017 4:38 pm More than likely this was dipped to death and the solution was not washed off. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 08/12/2017 5:02 pm Or, possibly, whatever the dipping was intended to remove did not completely disappear. Report this Post to the Staff
silverwolf Pillar of the Community Canada 3733 Posts	Posted 08/12/2017 5:05 pm could be a cleaned dug coin.. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 08/12/2017 8:11 pm I have also seen similar "yuck" toning in coins that were stored open to the air in the houses and offices people who were very heavy smokers of tobacco, as well as coins stored near oil-fired and gas-fired furnaces prior to the 60s or so. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
Bud250r Pillar of the Community United States 824 Posts	Posted 08/12/2017 8:50 pm I would be tempted to dip this coin and see what it would look like. Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 08/12/2017 10:02 pm Terminal toning or environmental damage that was dipped which left it a splotchy with dark spots then it retoned from the dip which is the colors. Its a details coin Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 08/12/2017 10:41 pm Odds are it would look even worse after a dip. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
hadleydog Pillar of the Community Canada 1267 Posts	Posted 08/17/2017 11:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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