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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stephan77, post: 2247097, member: 74244&quot;]That&#039;s cool - I&#039;m glad that you&#039;re enjoying our great hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the toning, I&#039;ve been collecting coins a long time, and I have the coins I collected as a kid, stored in house bedroom conditions, so I know what natural toning looks like over a period of decades. I am learning that coins stored in a house bedroom, and coins stored in a basement or attic, or whatever, can take on different toning characteristics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frankly, none of my early collected coins stored in a Whitman album look like that, none look even close to that. They weren&#039;t BU when placed in there, but some were AU type coins with basically original luster, that I bought in 2x2&#039;s, threw away the 2x2&#039;s, and put them in the album. I still think that much of this &quot;unusual&quot; toning in these TPG holders is doctored toning or perhaps unintentional chemical induced toning from dipped coins in which not all of the dipping residue was completely removed from the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, I guess all that may not bother most collectors these days but it bothers me. At some point in time, I guess these &quot;psychedelic&quot; looking toned coins came into vogue, and I guess I&#039;ll just have to accept that as part of the hobby now - doesn&#039;t mean though I have to like it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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