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Is This Toning Good Or Bad?

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Bought a 1978 New Zealand crown Dollar and found some toning on the obverse. Is this a bad case or a good case of toning?


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 Posted 01/04/2023  8:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There are folks out there that like this type of toning, and some that like the coins tone free (sometimes called 'blast white')
I'm a blast white coiner. Not a huge fan of heavily toned silver coins. Toning on copper can get interesting, but not on silver - it eventually just turns black if not kept in an airtight enclosure.

Toning on a coin certainly is objective according the the likes and dislikes of the observer.

Is the toning on your coin good or bad? Well I don't really know - but I, personally, would not go out of my way to buy it just because of this toning. If I had to fill an album hole, Maybe I would get one toned to fill it, but it would get replaced at a later date and the one I take out would be gifted to someone.

I'm not sure if I answered your question, but it sure was fun trying to..
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Yes, some collectors absolutely hate toning, others can't get enough. It's a highly personal thing. As for me, I like toning--provided it doesn't have that (human) 'intentionally accelerated' look to it. Your example looks good to me. Wonder what the reverse looks like...
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder;
my eye for proof NCLT is for encapsulated air tight mint fresh.

I would think that most collectors of new, freshly minted proof coins
would complain if they received their coins looking like this.
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 Posted 01/05/2023  10:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Allcoinage to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
All depends on type and age of coin and colour and what collectors like, as long as they are naturally toned.
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with that, for all coins that have been issued into circulation.
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