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Is This Coin Naturally Toned?

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/284220206975
I saw this on ebay and I was wondering whether this is natural toning? It just looked attractive.
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 Posted 04/23/2021  10:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks artificially toned to me.
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 Posted 04/23/2021  10:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Greasy Fingers to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Did you see all the sellers listed cents....all toned
I say not a chance on natural toning.....Others?
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 Posted 04/23/2021  11:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
"Gem High Grade". LOL
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 Posted 04/23/2021  11:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IsThisAnything to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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"Gem High Grade". LOL


SUPERB gem high grade, even... every last one of his coins.
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 Posted 04/23/2021  11:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add silviosi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Gem coin? Yes, Toning photo? Yes. No way a copper cions to have this colors. It is just a picture. The seller promise that the grading will not come against this toning? Wrong. I want to see someone prove me that the copper toning or oxide will be blue.
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 Posted 04/23/2021  11:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sgtclough to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well rotten eggs and a ziploc bag would be "natural" to some lol ?
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 Posted 04/24/2021  12:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ploopy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
100% artificial just like the rest of his coins.
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 Posted 04/24/2021  01:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add silviosi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sergeant, eggs and a zip log bag do not do this. A sergeant I thing must have some knowledge of oxidation, what you thing?!!!!
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Artificial toning and highly edited photos.
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 Posted 04/24/2021  06:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Parnelli917 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
"SUPERB GEM HIGH GRADE #01" - Why does ebay allow this?
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- Why does ebay allow this?

Because they make money with every single listing .
This is just another con artist seller who only goes after the uneducated newbie .
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And the seller provides this:

As a side note: Grading Company's Today are very uneasy about Toned Coins, I can't promise that a grading company will not come back with anything other than a Questionable Color or Altered Color Verdict. We have had success story's of them coming back as Brown on occasion!
***"Please do not purchase if you Question The Authenticity."*** I want to share these with those who appreciate and enjoy them! I was fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to purchase this Hoard of unique coins and I will be sharing them for years to come!
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2 1/2 basic ways of producing artificial toning with excellent eye appeal:
1. careful heat treatment
2. chemical treatment in a liquid or corrosive gas environment
1/2: both

Experience, skill, timing, required temperature and concentration level of chemicals are all important.

I am always suspicious of rainbow toning, because almost impossible to distinguish natural from artificial. Thus, I may buy such coins anyway, but always completely discount the value of the toning to zero.

Rainbow toning in most cases is unstable.
For this reason, with silver coins, I prefer blast white in MS grades, as they appear when they have just been ejected from the coining press.
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 Posted 04/24/2021  11:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ericwats to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have never found "toned" coins appealing. I find cleaned coins more appealing, for me any toning is a detractor. Blast white are nice, but I prefer nice shiny coins.
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 Posted 04/24/2021  12:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Gainn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It does look like 'accelerated toning' and it's not difficult to take a mildly toned coin and make it look like that. And that thing has been filtered within an inch of it's life.

Artificially toned by heating.
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and same coin thrown through some colour modifications and mild ( ) colour enhancement / switching.
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I didn't spend very long on that or it would probably look more convincing.
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