"Monster Toned" Jefferson Nickels Oven Baked?

Wow, you can do that just by sticking it in the oven? I think I'll try that just for fun.

By selling a whole roll of them, he's not even putting up a pretense of authenticity. He might as well paint unicorns prancing around Monticello.

I tried something similar with some new pennies. I let a burner on the stove heat up on high for a bit, then set the penny right on the element. In a few seconds it started turning color, and just as a bright layer of oxidation appeared but before it started turning dark I grabbed it with a pair of pliers and tossed it in a cup of water to cool it back down. Crazy rainbow toning with no special chemicals and almost no time.

Don't burn yourself!

Back during Desert Storm, I placed a few nickles and dimes on the (diesel fuel) pot-bellied stove we had in our tent (right before the smokestack turned "glowing red hot" and caught the flap on fire), and there was some pretty impressive rainbows generated then. Too bad I still don't have them.

I think you would need something hotter than your traditional oven.

WOW, now that's a coin incident!

That's just crazy. I never understood the desire for wildly toned coins. Its all fake, just like professional wrestling but we can see how popular that is.

Sooo .. smokeriderdon makes some valid points worthy of discussion ... agreed that the coins did indeed tone that way due to their composition and the external forces they were subjected to. Always appreciate the contrarian viewpoint.

Let's re frame this to ask "Are these naturally toned coins that arrived at the colors due to natural forces at work?"

In this case obviously 'no' ... and most of us would view these and damaged and not interested.

To each their own I say ...

David

Well, I suppose there are specialty collectors out there that look for these type of coins specifically. And if it's the colors they like to collect instead of the coin itself, then I guess they are going about it in the proper manner. But myself being an avid collector of the coins themselves, enjoy a coin much more if it has a nice slow even tone present that doesn't engulf the entire coin. There's something to be said for not interfering with Mother Nature. Here's a thought:
Would you rather have a beautiful rose that you nurtured and cared for to see it grow into something beautiful, or would you rather go out and buy a plastic one that may still look beautiful, but you know in your heart that it wasn't grown in nature and it's appearance would never change.