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Message:: [QUOTE="tonedcoins, post: 659539, member: 25155"]Good desertgem.... it is the way toning happens, it's just the way the human eye sees the colors.... You're not always going to see all this beautiful colors but there are many nice specimens (neon) coins where you would see many of them and this is why this (neon) coins go for much higher than just your typical rainbow toned coins..... raider34, you are welcome. If you were to study a toned coin with this (not perfect) struck coin up close. You will see a difference in the pattern on that struck area than the rest of the coin. If you look at a toned coin (Morgan) with this type of stars you will have a better understanding why the "shadow" effect happens. Just the peel effect on that area changes the metal content which will tone differently which gives it the (shadow) effect... Now, not many people know this but I do hope people do a little more research with there next NT coin (Morgan) with this effect. You will see why this is why it happens. It is almost like a broad strike on the (stars) like pictured below. That area alone will tone differently from the rest of the coin. It is because of the way the coin is struck and changed from the rest. Look around the "CA" area and you can see this similarities on the stars of a (Morgan) which gives it the "shadow" effect. This is only my opinion and I have studied this for a while. ..[/QUOTE]