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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tim C, post: 2117431, member: 71569&quot;]WOW!&nbsp; I can’t believe that I read all four pages of this thread.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The OP nailed it with his first sentence, <b>“The reason for this post is that there are artificially toned coins demanding premium prices when the coin was just made up.”</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What is the difference between “AT” (Artificially Toned) verses “NT” (Naturally Toned) coins?&nbsp; To me, it doesn’t necessarily come down to Chemistry (If a coin is stored on purpose with the hope / intent of it becoming ‘toned’ whether or not if chemicals were used it is “Artificially Toned”.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I started collecting back in the early 1970’s, there were no “Rainbow Toned” coins back then like today, where did they all come from?&nbsp; Even the 1980’s and early 1990’s saw some lightly “tarnished” coins but no “Rainbow Toned” coins like today.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If heard of it all, whether ‘pan fry’, stored in baggies with burnt matches, placed on hot water heaters wrapped in ‘taco bell’ napkins, using Wyatt album, if the intent was to tone the coin up then it is “Artificially Toned.” </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I myself would not waste any money buying toned coins because the majority of them were in all probability, like the OP stated “just made up”.&nbsp; I mean if they were “Naturally Toned” coins, where were they the first 200 years of our nation?&nbsp; Why did they only start showing up in the last twenty years or so?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If someone wants to throw their money away buying them, collect what you want, who am I stand in your way (like the old saying goes, “A fool and his money soon parted”).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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