artificial toning

I'm not questioning if this toning is artificial. I'm pretty sure it is. the question is how? His listiing states "NO CHEMICALS" so how is he doing it? Every listing he has is toned in a simular way. What would PCGS say if a coin like this was sent in? could they identify this as artificial?








http://www.ebay.com/itm/GORGEOUS-RA...06?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item416271910a

 

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He sticks them in the oven

 

Heat.

Either in an oven as dsmith stated, or by use of open flame, either way, heat.

Some artificial toners have their skill fine tuned enough to create the right rainbow affect on a coin's surface.

 

From what I hear, PCGS will identify a coin as artificially toned even if it isn't.

 

I hear the same thing.

From people who artificially tone coins!

 

Like the others mentioned, they have been cooked! PCGS will not slab a coin, even if it doesn't have chemicals. They would slab it as "questionable color". Although, they no longer put that on the slab anymore. It would be "Genuine" and the slab number would indicate the reason of questionable color.

 

Must be alot of those "Rascals" out there.

 

The fact the seller brought out "no chemicals" is a red flag by itself. Like how would you know chemicals produce artificial toning?

 

The mentioning of No Chemicals is a dead giveaway its AT. Also if you look at his other auctions you will notice he has other coins toned exactly the same way. Its not impossible but it looks suspicious.

 

I wonder if we could make any headway with an eBay false-advertising complaint, on the grounds that oxygen (from the air in the oven) most certainly IS a chemical?

 

Yep, and the propane in a propane torch is a chemical too.

 

So you don't believe that circulated proofs exist?

 

UNC PROOF SET COIN TONED ON BOTH SIDES PICTURES DO NOT DO THIS COIN JUSTICE THIS IS WITH A ****BRIGHT MIRROR LIKE FINISH****** ANY YELLOW COLOR IN THE PICTURES IS REALLY GOLDEN HANDLED ONLY WITH GLOVES THERE ARE *****NO CHEMICALS****** ON THIS COIN WHAT SO EVER.THIS IS THAT COIN YOU CAN NOT STOP LOOKING AT THEY ARE DROP DEAD GORGEOUS PLEASE CHECK MY FEED BACK LET THE COLLECTORS TELL YOU ABOUT THESE COINS THANKS FOR LOOKING REMEMBER ONE THING WHEN BIDDING ON ANY TONED COIN THAT NO TWO COINS TONE THE SAME ONE OF A KIND

Appears on all of his listings.

Pretty generic.

Pretty rare that he would have so many rainbow toned coins.

Deduction: He's artificially toning them.

 

Every single one of his coins has been altered.....disgusting IMO. He's an example of why I never came out with VERDI-TONE.

 

I love the toning on this quarter offered up by the same seller... it looks so... so... natural.

 

Right and he has two of these toned exactly the same way. I wonder if it was baked in the same batch?

 

Looks can be deceiving.

 

But in this case, not so much.