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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 491637, member: 2972&quot;]Be careful.... Paper envelopes along with albums can (and are) used to artifically tone coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While that&#039;s true, naturally toned coins can and do exhibit every one of those same colors.&nbsp; The problem is that so do artificially toned coins. (Or at least how I define &quot;naturally&quot; and &quot;artificially&quot; toned.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Be careful, so do naturally toned coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Education is even better than third party grading.&nbsp; However, nothing is perfect including the TPGs who slab &quot;market acceptable&quot; artifical toning every day of the week, so it is probably better for anyone that isn&#039;t an expert (including myself) to assume a toned coin <i>is</i> artifically toned and go from there.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure what you read, but I would disagree strongly with the above.&nbsp; To the contrary, spotting is often the result of natural toning, and if you see a coin <i>without</i> spots (partuclarly copper), then you should be worried that the coin <i>isn&#039;t</i> natural.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line: Be <i>very</i> careful making sweeping statements with respect to natural and artifical toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Respectfully....Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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