Posted 09/01/2019 3:43 pm
All toning is damage to the surface of the coin. Some of that toning is less offensive, or even remarkable.
As is true of almost every aspect of coin collecting, knowledge is the best weapon against deceit as well as one of my greatest pleasures.
Nearly every day someone asks about their great grandfather's prized 1804 dollar, or the cool negative double sided LWC they bought on ebay, or the amazing Spanish treasure coins they bought in Mexico, or the probably unique half of a Half Cent found (in old furniture, old house, old attic, old basement ETC).
This isn't unique to coin collecting. Go to a few country auctions and listen to the "city folk" bid for something that could be fifty years old - and therefore valuable.
Live, listen, learn.
As is true of almost every aspect of coin collecting, knowledge is the best weapon against deceit as well as one of my greatest pleasures.
Nearly every day someone asks about their great grandfather's prized 1804 dollar, or the cool negative double sided LWC they bought on ebay, or the amazing Spanish treasure coins they bought in Mexico, or the probably unique half of a Half Cent found (in old furniture, old house, old attic, old basement ETC).
This isn't unique to coin collecting. Go to a few country auctions and listen to the "city folk" bid for something that could be fifty years old - and therefore valuable.
Live, listen, learn.
