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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1984619, member: 15199&quot;]There is a difference between the original question :&quot;Can someone provide me with some knowledge and perhaps examples of artificial and natural toning on franklin halves?&quot; and your &quot;acceptable and legitimate&quot;. Doug is correct in that chemically altering the surface of a coin is just that. There is no difference in composition if done correctly and located expertly. Purposely altered AT coins will appear the same as NT.&nbsp; Now comes the part~ what if it is not done exactly right. Then that is the shady area people usually call &quot; market acceptable&quot; where the coin is close enough that the grader can&#039;t tell if it is AT or NT, so they use their own policy as which category to put on the coin label. There are plenty of AT coins hiding as NT in slabs, and many long time collectors who had a white coin tone over 30 years in their possession that was labeled as other than NT.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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