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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Whendric, post: 13775704, member: 143854&quot;]I was reading this thread about a coin sitting on a window sill and it toned. It was asked if that was considered artificial toning but the question was never given any serious thought or consideration. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure there is a right answer but I think that leaving a coin in the window for a couple of years would be natural toning. Full disclosure, I&#039;m not a fan of toned coins. I can appreciate the beauty of some but I don&#039;t own any nor would I ever knowingly purchase any. Personally, I consider artificial toning either a chemical treatment or purposely putting a coin in a Tupperware container with a smashed up hardboiled egg. </p><p><br /></p><p>While all three process show intent, I don&#039;t know, maybe going through the extra effort to boil and smash the egg seems a little more nefarious to me than putting some coins in the window and walking away for a couple years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had silver eagles tone in an old cigar box. It was not my intent but that&#039;s what I happened to put them in for storage. I&#039;ve had a Philharmonic tone in a plastic Home Depot tool box. Again, purely happenstance. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now of course, people can do whatever they want with their coins and whether people tone coins either naturally or purposefully for personal use or nefarious intent is between them and their God. I&#039;m just curious about the definition of natural vs artificial and what the grey areas are.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1530374[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1530375[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1530376[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1530377[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1530378[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1530379[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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