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Rollhunter1994 Valued Member United States 195 Posts	Posted 06/22/2009 9:50 pm Hello everybody, I got a CRAZY toned dime today in my change, and I had some questions about it. First off, how do you tell if a coin is artificially toned? I thought that coins took lots of time to tone, but my coin is only from 1995. Does toning like this add any value? I've seen lots of nice toned Morgans that sell for lots of money. How toning like this happen? I've seen toned coins before, but the toning pattern on this coin is crazy. This leads me to believe it might be artificially toned. Here are some pictures. I'm a newbie to taking pics so they don't show the crazy toning of the coin well. First two pics taken under a table lamp. These two taken with the cameras flash. I edited the colors on this pic, it shows the toning much better (but colors are different) Any advice is appreciated. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/22/2009 10:24 pm It looks natural to me, nice colors. Report this Post to the Staff
Texas collector Valued Member United States 369 Posts	Posted 06/23/2009 01:43 am I see LMCs all the time that have cool toning, many of which remind me of the colors of oil in a water puddle. That probably sounds weird, but when it rains, especially in a parking lot, sometimes the runoff or puddles have a rainbow of colors caused from oil mixing with the water. Anyway, don't know if your dime is like that. I see what looks like wood-grain toning as well. I have a question, what causes wood-grain toning? I've only seen it on old nickels and old copper cents, but someone here once said they were putting together a LMC book with all wood-grain toning. Back to the topic, as far as I know, toning alone wouldn't make it more valuable, just prettier to look at. It would be a nice one to put in an album IMO. Report this Post to the Staff
gmherps13 Valued Member United States 295 Posts	Posted 06/23/2009 05:35 am those pics are sweet! I too have wondered about toning and how it happens Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 06/23/2009 10:40 am Quote: I have a question, what causes wood-grain toning? I've only seen it on old nickels and old copper cents, but someone here once said they were putting together a LMC book with all wood-grain toning. The wood grain toning is caused by impurities in the metal when it was formed into sheets. As for telling whether or not it's natural toning I don't know other then it takes a lot of research and learning the differences. As for the value of a toned coin, well it would depend on what it looks like. A toned coin with nice eye appeal might have a higher value then one without any toning but a coin that tones nasty will obviously have a lower value. Hope this helps some. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
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