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<p>[QUOTE="octavius, post: 3402704, member: 100777"]toning is an oxidizing reaction that occurs to the metal of your coin over time. It is caused by either oxygen (usually slower) or sulfur. your coin has been around for 1900 yrs. and has had plenty of time to be in contact with these elements. Also, in the not too distant past many of these ancients were stored in sulfur containing envelops which toned the metal . Would this toning be called artificial? I don't think so, but that would be up to one's point of view. Bottom line is you have a very nice looking Trajan denarius, nearly 2000 years old that any of us would be proud to own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="octavius, post: 3402704, member: 100777"]toning is an oxidizing reaction that occurs to the metal of your coin over time. It is caused by either oxygen (usually slower) or sulfur. your coin has been around for 1900 yrs. and has had plenty of time to be in contact with these elements. Also, in the not too distant past many of these ancients were stored in sulfur containing envelops which toned the metal . Would this toning be called artificial? I don't think so, but that would be up to one's point of view. Bottom line is you have a very nice looking Trajan denarius, nearly 2000 years old that any of us would be proud to own.[/QUOTE]
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