Natural(ish) toning

Few questions about toning.

1.) would you consiter putting a coin in an envelope that you know is high sulfur for the purpose of toning natural or artificial? There would be nothing added to it and the same amount of time waited as the original envelope toned coins, so there would be nothing added to speed the process other than the intentful placing of the coin.

2.) either way, i want to try it with a few low value silver dimes i've CRHed (i dont want to ruin them so they'd be worn down ones)

3.) when did they stop using the high sulfur envelopes? Because i'll have to buy a classic one off ebay but i dont want to spend a high price on one pointlessly old but i want it to be one of the highest content years.

4.) is there any modern company that specializes in this or would that make it too unnatural?

i heard there's also the manilla envelope method but do they have to be specific ones?

 

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By the way, i do not plan on selling the coins for a profit, i just want to try it for myself and keep it as a cool looking memory but not a completely artificial one.

 

I guess it would be natural toning because back in the old days many dealers and collectors stored/carried their coin that way-in little flap top envelopes. they were still doing it when I was a kid. that's probably how many of the older toned coins you see today came to be.

 

Oh, thanks for all the information!

so, are you saying a coin envelope is what i'd need? Or would a mailing envelope work?

 

brown coin envelope

 

Like this;
http://www.amazon.com/Coin-Envelope...ffice-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1371157200&sr=1-43

Or this;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/17-VERY-OLD...251?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53f9ca6beb

 

Oh, didn't refresh first. I guess the first.

 

neither.

Old coin envelopes, like 2X2.

 

These?
http://www.amazon.com/100-Kraft-2x2...1371159938&sr=8-4&keywords=2x2+coin+envelopes

 

i remember reading a post somewhere that the napkins at Taco Bell would tone coins nicely wrapped up in them, never tried it though

 

Although the search function in the blue menu bar above takes some time and correct spelling, it will give you way more information. The technical, chemical and philosophical discussions of toning have been discussed multitude times by many knowledgeable members. The old high sulfur content paper has to have proper surrounding environment to be effective and the time period is usually in years or decades. Even back then we didn't unknowingly put a mint lustrous coin in such an envelope and take it out a week later with toning. Some of mine so stored took over 30 years.

 

yeah, i was reading about that one. I'm taking like 50 napkins next time i go there. Lol

 

I'm not really looking for it to be quick, i just want it to happen someday.

 

I didn't know collectors still fell for that distinction. Most of them I know don't. They think state of mind is irrelevant. I do, too, now that I think of it.

 

They wont? What would they end up looking like?

 

Oh, but i can avoid that by checking them everyday right?

 

i live in south florida and that seems to do the trick. now envelope needed.