I don't understand what those close-ups are for, or even what they are of. It looks like a dime. As far as that toning, it looks artificial. By artificial I mean that it was created for the purpose of toning, and that it didn't just happen. The good kind of rainbow toning is seen on much older coins and is more deeply embedded and natural looking. By the way, I've seen some Silver Eagles with drastic rainbow toning graded by some of the top services. I think it's ridiculous to expect that such toning is natural in only a few decades or less.
Well hi. Guess you have the same question I do. What created it? Even better question is what created it on 3 different 2013 dimes all from different wrappers? I have 3 of these now. Close ups are to show you the surface. Oddly enough whatever created this did it to more than one 2013 dime and none of the other year coins in the rolls showed this same discoloration. You think its ridiculous... prove itHoow can we replicate a dime to look like the one above? I'm curious.
It is toning. What created it is exposure to the environment, whether that be by natural or artificial means. It is not something that occurred at the mint.
I understand that part of it... or well that nothing done at the mint purposely made them this way... however, I'm still curious as to how these were made after going through $100 of dimes I found these in different rolls. The odd thing is they are all 2013. From what I understand it is possible if they weren't annealed properly that this could occur. I've also been told it could be artificial. Both ways could develop replicas that other people may find. If its artificial, I want to know how it could be replicated just to better understand how these came about. Also worth noting is none of them look alike
Heres the other 2. Though the pics dont show it well the reverse on the right does also have a soft discoloration.
Stick a coin in a bag with a hard boiled egg and you can get a coin with a ton of different colors and toning. The simple explanation is that toning occurs due to exposure to chemicals in an environment, either naturally or artificially. Where did you get the info that improper annealing can cause toning?
On one of the sites about film interference. It explained it something along the lines of if it wasnt annealed properly then released into circulation that the chemicals could create the toning effect... except in a better explanation than I am smart enough to explain. Read so many sites that im not sure which one it was
Please understand I'm not saying this is for sure what it is but heres an example with the dollars "A planchet may also pick up a coating if it is improperly annealed. This is a somewhat common error but one that is very difficult to authenticate. "Improper annealing is often confused with toning coins. Unfortunately, improperly annealed planchets can take on a variety of colors from black to copper red. They are caused by over heating the planchets." http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/SurfaceDisGoldenDollars.htm
I wasn't saying what you're talking about is ridiculous, I was talking about the ASE's and some crazy toning I've seen on them. I think your dimes are interesting. But like some have said, it's just exposure to something in the environment, post-mint. The fact that they were in different rolls just means they were separated after they were exposed to something, then put in different rolls by chance. They probably came from the same person. That's my guess. It does look nice. It kind of looks like natural toning you see on older coins, but in this case it's just short-term exposure to smoething.
