1991 Silver Eagle Toned

Yeah I always figured bright, shiny, and flawless was what brought attention/offers. Then I see a rainbow coin thinking wow that got messed up, yet sells for hundreds/thousands. Up until recently I only collected baseball cards, if they weren't perfect, they didn't get the money. Same type of world in some ways, very different in others. I know not to clean coins unless they were buried or indian head nickels with no visible date. Learning curve for sure

 

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I don't anymore, I remember thinking they looked cool, but assumed maybe someone took a torch to it or something. Is color the only difference between environmental damage and natural toning? What would this one fall under?

 

Now that's a toner. Not enough coverage to mean anything but nice. Night get a few extra bucks for it

 

Thanks. Ok, so does that mean it's done or will continue if kept, or turn into corrosion? Not being airtight looks like a toss up. My airtight silver eagles still in the purple box/case are virtually pristine.

 

It's random depending on storage conditions, how the planchets were prepared, how the surface metal aligned during the strike etc. And it won't turn into corrosion or tarnish. It will however go into the final stage of being darkly toned years from now. Did you read how toning progresses on the john e cash page

 

I will now, thanks for your help!

 

Toning seems to be in. American Silver Eagles, with attractive toning are selling for a premium on eBay. I like toning, if attractive, on Morgan Dollars, but American Silver Eagles? Aren't they just supposed to be a way for the average American to own silver?
I read somewhere that if silver coins are kept in old cardboard flips, paper or a cardboard container that has sulfur it in, the sulfur will eventually tone the silver in the coin. I inherited a U.S. Twentieth Century Type Coin Set from my dad and it's in a cardboard holder that's in a frame. Every silver coin in it is toned., I guess the cardboard coin holder has sulfur it, but the toning really looks nice.

 

New guy here..This is my 1996 MS67 toned ASE

 

Looks like killer pci toning