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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3622965, member: 76086&quot;]Patina has become a rather fluid word in recent decades and in common English has changed to a synonym for aged, old, tarnished, etc.&nbsp; For our purposes it usually refers to the tarnish and or encrustations on a base metal coin.&nbsp; As such, both words &#039;patina&#039; and &#039;toning&#039; really mean the same thing.&nbsp; In more detailed usage though, toning occurs before patina.&nbsp; Both can be artificially induced.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your coin, I dont think it was cleaned much and likely came out of the ground looking very similar to what it does now.&nbsp; If one does a little searching they can find lots of examples of silver coins coming out of the ground shiny and brilliant.&nbsp; It just entirely depends on the specific burial circumstances.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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