Just a cardboard "King Edward, Hava-Tampa, M&O Cigars" box. They still smell like cigars too. Heck, the coin looks better than the pictures can reproduce. Ben
How long does it take to get those toning results? I'm going to get a box from my cousin. I'm pretty sure he still smokes 'em. I have a couple of cleaned morgans that could use some repair work.
Ben: I just assumed (and proved Felix Unger correct) that it was the wooden ones. Ya learn sumpthin ever day.
What do you think is the active ingredient here? Cigar residue? Climate? Magic box? I wonder if leaving a few cigars in the box would expidiate the process...
Not sure. It also could be the environment of the basement. I've had coins tone up while just sitting on an unfinished (mill cut) spruce shelf for a few months. We also have a wood-burning stove/fireplace down there as well and have a stack of seasoned wood (oak, pine) kept nearby.
Do you flip them in the box periodically to even out the tone or just keep one side face down? [I want to make sure my "technique" is correct]
I feel kind wrong about purposly toning coins .. isnt toning just nice looking corrosion? Its like what others do on ebay with sticking them in the oven but instead you do it a slower version of AT
That is one beauty! If I remember right sulfer is the main element that creates toning in silver. The old paper wrappers and the mint cloth bags that,full of sulfer compounds, toned many a silver dollar. Still found in wood and cardboards...Particularly wood smoke. Moisture also helps the chemical reaction along.(beginning to sound like a seminar on artifically toning morgans?) lol.
Yes, the wood burning stove in the basement I'd say is the real toner, not the cigar box. I think I'll test this theory by sending a few silver half dollars out to my folks winter cottage!
While I might stop a bit short of "great", that's certainly an attractive coin. Regardless of what I think, it is what you think that really matters, and I'm happy if you're happy.
