Why are toned coins so popular?

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Oregons do tone spectacularly, but the pattern of propagation is a little (by "little," I mean a lot) irregular for me to be comfortably sure it's NT.

 

Okay, here is my decision maker. How EXACTLY did it acquire EXACTLY this toning? If there is a plausible way, then fine. I am BROADLY suspicious of this kind of stuff because until rainbow toned Morgans (and we know both the circumstances and the chemistry for them) we ALMOST NEVER SAW rainbow nearly anything else. Now all of a sudden, you can't swing a dead cat... Highly suspicious.

Dave's right. The progression and the patterns HIGHLY suggest liquids.

 

Please do

 

Eh, I'd need to see it in hand. Pictures can do to much to toning making colors appear or disappear. I seem to recall an old CU thread where that coin came up and those that had seen it in hand spoke rather fondly of the coin while many others blasted the picture just like now

 

Not likely.... I have experimented extensively with AT years ago... found methods that were incredible.... and easy. No doubt the really good coin doctors have gone way beyond even what I found....Loads of AT in top tier slabs...

 

Oh, I'm sure that's totally natural.

 

We've already got a dentist, but we could always use more proctologists.

 

Rastafarian proctologists? Pokémon?

 

yup AT.

 

Pastaferian proctologist.

 

AT is Artificial Toning, and the only difference between AT and NT (Natural Toning) is the fact that AT is a deliberate attempt to produce colorful "toned" coins by chemical or physical "artificial" methods...when you got that many parentheses and quotes, protect your socks 'cause your shoes are gone.

 

OK is it certified? By whom? When? What grade? Just curious, not saying that means anything on the NT - AT question.

 

I may be wrong but I'm thinking the same coin only brought $40 something K a few years later. It's been too long.

 

In answer to the OP, the short answer is color. Would you rather watch movies in black & white, or in color? The color provided by toning gives the coin extra character and enhances the originality of the coin by making it easily discernible from other coins like it. That isn't to say that there is anything wrong with an untoned coin, or a matched set of untoned coins. I prefer rainbow toned coins because of their enhanced eye appeal, but I have both toned and untoned coins in my collection.



Enjoy!

 

That's an amazing set.


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