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Message:: [QUOTE="CHAMELEON, post: 726362, member: 11032"]There is no doubt that the Franklin half is AT, and there is no chance of it ever slabbing at any company. I am pretty certain that the coin was baked, torched, or treated with liver of sulfur. A coin that has been treated with any of those methods with develop very similar colors, and sometimes a golden color of toning as well. Any of those methods of toning are likely to change over time, becoming duller and losing the intensity of the boldest colors. However, I did not factor these methods of toning into my statement because you just don't see any of these amateur toning jobs in holders. They are not the type of coins that have been creating problems with the TPG's, and anyone that submitted a coin like that for certification would have to be very new to collecting toned coins. The AT coins I'm referring to that do not change are going to be quite colorful with a full spectrum of colors (often very vivid or neon), and are the coins that have repeatedly slipped passed the "expertise" of the TPG graders because they actually look like they could be an originally toned coin. Forgive me. I did not state that before, and should have been a bit more specific.[/QUOTE]