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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheMont, post: 4053744, member: 80121&quot;]A friend told me that if you ask three dealers a question about a coin, they will all agree, assuming two of them are dead. Everyone has an opinion, and without seeing the coin itself it is very hard to determine whether the toning is natural or artificial. Go on eBay and look at a group of coins, say toned Kennedy Halves, to my eye a large proportion of the graded coins that are toned look artificial. I finally, with the exception of ones that really appear to be artificial, the old frying pan trick, have given up and if the coin appeals to me I buy it, natural or not. Even the grading services, with their sniffer make mistakes. I recently opened up the box that a bank used when the ASE was introduced in 1986 and they gave them as a gift to regular customers. They had beautiful toning and when I brought them to my coin club meeting about half the members thought the toning was artificial.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of mistakes by grading companies, I just received the Apollo 11 two coin half dollar set back that I sent to NGC. I&#039;m a big Kennedy Collector and will buy, within reason, any new Kennedy coin. NGC reversed the labels on the two coins, labeling the Apollo 11 coin as the Kennedy and the Kennedy as the Apollo 11. That set will stay in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing that I know of that will remove toning without effecting the coins metal is acetone, just be careful of the fumes from it and give the coin a gentle washing and using a micro cloth, dab the coin dry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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