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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2020025, member: 26302&quot;]You should sir. Toning is not innocuous. Toning, if left untouched, is corrosion which will literally eat your coin until there is nothing left, just like BD. I have seen it, coins like Peace dollars black with toning, and when dipped literally a quarter of the coin now gone. I have bought some ancient silver in almost as bad condition. I was able to save them with lessons learned from my US coin days, and today they are silver and safe from harm once more.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We are the caretakers of these items. The most dangerous time of a coins &quot;life&quot; is not being buried in the ground for 2000 years, its the time spent above ground, subjected to the modern chemicals we have around us. Its our duty to learn how to protect our coins against these things, so that our heirs will have the same ability to collect and love these objects as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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