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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 686039, member: 6370&quot;]I agree with you...I was referring to what I would call more &#039;normal&#039; conditions which I realize is very subjective...not necessarily ideal for toning but not restrictive either...by normal I meant like the circulated coins I have that have simply sat in a drawer for over 60 years in a place like Houston Texas. I agree that there are variables but if one knows those variables at play, it will have predictable results for those variables....that just how it is when we talk about elements and how they react....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would say the lions share of cases, you take most silver (or copper) coins and do certain things to it, it will have predictable results. I think the lions share of coins, unless certain factors or variables are present (either naturally or introduced by man on purpose) take a long time to achieve rainbow of the type I see here...I certainly have never had a coin achieve anything but the slightest of coloring in...say...30 years...and I would think where I live would be favorable for toning. Also for most of the time many of my coins had little protection from the environment....still most are just in 2x2 flips and not really protected from air.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But I agree, there are always exceptions but accepting that those are exceptions, then looking at the massive number of super bright rainbow toned coins out there...AND the fact that anyone can create such a thing, many do and freely admit it and sell them...I personally think the lions share of these super rainbow toned coins were created. That&#039;s just a personal opinion, couldn&#039;t back it up with hard fact because I freely admit they all look roughly the same to me save for minor differences like in color patterns. Thus I have never and will never pay more for a coin with color. I wont buy a coin that looks like the ones posted here at all anyway...if it has a little light haze of color...thats okay...personal taste there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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