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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 22218867, member: 101855&quot;]The OP coin looks like a low end Unc. to me, MS-61 or 62. But it does not have &quot;the look&quot; that many collectors want. With Franklin haves, it&#039;s either bright white or &quot;neon colors.&quot; Since I won&#039;t pay that much for toning, I&#039;ve been a &quot;bright white&quot; collector. </p><p><br /></p><p>So far as the toning goes, if you could find a type of envelope that imparts the &quot;ga-ga&quot; colors for which collectors pay huge premiums, you should get a patent for the process. There are many factors involved, which include heat, humidity, what the mint used to clean the planchets, the chemicals in the envelope and perhaps the dipping solution that may have been used on the coin and perhaps not rinsed off completely. </p><p><br /></p><p>What I am trying to say that there is no one type of envelope that imparts the great color. I have used envelopes that produced the kind of color seen in the OP. I stored pieces that should not have been dipped in them to tone them down. It took a few years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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