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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 525269, member: 16510&quot;]<b>This subject about vivid modern toned coins needs to be questioned more!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This subject about vivid modern toned coins needs to be questioned more!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<i>Collectors have always paid a premium for toning and this will continue</i>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m not at all sure that you are correct on this - I think the toned coins in mint state with vivid colors like these were hardly ever sought out prior to the 1990&#039;s - I&#039;ve heard many an old time collector say they would always dip toned coins to achieve the &quot;white BU look&quot; that was so desired historically.</p><p>First don&#039;t get me wrong I have toned coins that I love and have paid extra for some, (most of mine have been found in bank wrapped rolls and proof sets) but this whole subject regarding these &quot;vivid modern toned coins&quot;&nbsp; needs an injection of logic to say the least.</p><p>Now I&#039;ve seen hundreds of original mint and proof sets both silver and clad, original boxes/envelopes - the whole nine yards.</p><p>Yet I have rarely if ever seen this type (the PCGS dime) of vivid striking colors that this dime seems to possess.&nbsp; I have seen this type of toning with proof nickles much more often but minis the red/pink mostly but some beautiful stuff.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen war nickels sets that have beautiful toning.</p><p>But think about it - out of all the sets/singles in the world, boxes, hoards that are out and eventually come to the market I have never seen a silver dime with those <b>type of vivid colors</b> - something about that dime cries out, <b>too vivid, to new, to vibrant!</b>&nbsp; Many original sets have been kept in air conditioned homes the entire time, some not, some old timers never even opened the box they came in since 1962 or whatever.</p><p>Still, I have never seen a dime like this one, never one that continues to cry out, -<b> too vivid, too fresh, too new, too vibrant,</b> have you&#039;all?????</p><p>Would not we at least see &quot;a few others&quot; in the last 14 years, or for that matter, the last 60 years???&nbsp; <b>Additionally, anytime I have seen toning approaching this intensity the entire coins surface was covered - this dime interestingly enough has some portions of the silver intermingled with color showing, isn&#039;t that odd???</b></p><p>I mean what&#039;s so special about this &quot;one dime&quot; that caused it to become toned?&nbsp; With these observances I must admit I will have to lean on the artificially or somehow advanced/enhanced type toning process was used to create this &quot;look&quot;.</p><p>One more thing - whoever did this one is surely trying to do (or has) made more so watch out down the line for these.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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