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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wacky1980, post: 1238766, member: 32383&quot;]i&#039;ve seen a lot of coins come through the bank that are discolored, stained, abused, or have an otherwise different coloring to them than normal. my question is, how does one tell when the coloration is the result of the toning that occurs (naturally?) and when the coloration is the result of human interaction? is there one type of coloration, or can there be many different contributing factors? is there such thing as too much tone on a coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>what prompted me to ask this question is the following coin. this 71D half appears (to me anyways) to have suffered some environmental damage to change the color to the deep reddish-brown. but i see people talking about these &quot;chocolatey&quot; tones and whatnot, and i&#039;m just not sure. what do you think? the coin doesn&#039;t appear to be damaged other than the expected circulation wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]132413.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]132412.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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