A Little ASE Toning

So, my wife kindly got me a little coin related gift for Christmas. I had mentioned to her that I wanted to expand my ASE collection and starting putting together a book of the series. So, she got me a 1986-2003 Intercept Shield album for UNC and Proofs. Seemed like a good place to start. Outside of my 2011 25th Anniversary Set (which will stay in it's OGP)...I only have 3 ASEs. I have a 1986, 1992, and a 2002...all UNC. As I dug them out to put them in the album...I noticed the reverse on the 2002 had developed a lovely rim toning. I thought I would share it.

I'm still working on my coin photography skills and the obverse came out a little blurry towards the bottom...but I think I captured the toning nicely.



Edit, I am wrong...I just realized I have 4 ASEs, there is a 1999 in my Dansco 7070 which I think I will move over. It has some really unusual toning but I like it. I will post photos later.

 

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Nice toning. Wait till you've had them for a few years in the new Dansco.

 

Well. They are going in an Intercept Sheild album so I'm wondering if the toning will be pretty stable at this point. We will see.

 

Intercept materials are supposed to work for, I think 10 years. You might want to check on that.

 

The books says for best results to change it every 15 years.

 

Duh.........
I've got a collection of Ikes in an Intercept shield for the past 10 years and there's a little bit of action, but nothing spectacular.

 

I've gat a few ASE's in Littleton clamshell packaging that are doing the same rim toning.

 

That's what this coin has been in for the last 14 years or so.

 

That's what I figured. The rim toning is why I started buying them.

 

Here's the other ASE that I have that has some interesting toning.

I have had this coin in my collection since 2002 or so. I was in high school when I got it (graduated in 2003) and when I got it it was untoned and has since toned. It has spent the last 10 years or so in a Dansco 7070.

I want to say I got this coin through one of those Littleton deals...but I don't remember for sure.

The toning is a little odd in my opinion...and in places it almost has a "liquid" feel to it. I have wondered if this coin was toned prior to be owning it...and someone dipped it to remove the toning. I wonder if the dipping resulted in an odd toning pattern, perhaps the dip wasn't fully removed at once or something. I have done nothing to this coin to alter the surfaces.

Anyway, it has an odd toning pattern...but I honestly kinda like it.

 

Really? You're getting toning even in Intercept holders/albums?

 

You live in the northwest. High humidity environments can cause strange patterns like this with 999 silver in albums

 

It could be...but this coin has been stored in the same manner as the rest of my collection and the others have not toned like this...most haven't toned much at all. I have lived in Oregon my whole life. I do take care to store them properly.

This particular coin developed this toning pattern fairly quickly and hasn't progressed much in the last decade or so. I really believe it's a result of "something" that happened to it before I owned it.

 

Could be but each coin is different in terms of how susceptible the surfaces are to toning plus what is within a few millimeters from the coin while stored so the fact that others stored similarly haven't toned is not a reliable baseline

 

I think your theory of "there must have been something before I owned it" holds water. The fact that it happened quickly but hasn't progressed probably speaks to the time since you have owned it.

 

I don't completely understand what you mean here. Are you saying that since I have owned it...I have kept it fairly stable and that is why it has not progressed much?

 

exactly

 

Cool. Sorry...you post did confused me a little. Might be all the eggnog.

 

or it might be the fact that I'm an idiot... LOL

 

Haha.