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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Setree Rare Coins, post: 2714284, member: 74719&quot;]<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/tmoneyeagles.17557/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/tmoneyeagles.17557/">tmoneyeagles:</a> I&#039;m afraid it&#039;s not Malarkey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps it is easy to tell some artificial toning but it is simply impossible for them to tell what is natural toning or even agree on a definition.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have owned many coins over the last 50 years than have toned naturally and have received AT status by the major TPG.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a silver eagle roll under my basement safe for 25 years and when recovered during a move it had toned gray on the side that was against the floor and rainbow on the side facing the air.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was that artificially toned? How many years would it have to be there to be &quot;natural&quot;?&nbsp; What about laying copper on my oak windowsill?</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins that I KNOW are not artificially toned are routinely slabbed as such.</p><p><br /></p><p>This argument has been going on for many years[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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