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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1959452, member: 112&quot;]Yes that is a theory that has often been reported and repeated, but I find little likelihood of it being even close to true. Why ? Because the Proof Jeffs from the period (late &#039;50s through mid &#039;60s) are so very well known for toning virtually every color of the rainbow, not just blue. And it is also important to note that the color, not even a hint of it, was not there when the coins were new. The color came with time as the coins toned. As a collector of original Proof sets I watched more than a few tone myself. </p><p><br /></p><p>In later years I once bought a coin lot, the lot was comprised of nothing but toned Proof Jeffs from this period, 182 of them to be exact. The colors ranged from pale golds to pinks, to purples, to blues, to reds, to greens - as I said virtually every color of the rainbow. I used to give these coins away as gifts to friends and fellow collectors. Here are a but few examples from that lot - </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.1messydesk.com/Toned/1961jeff_neon.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.1messydesk.com/Toned/1962jefferson.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.1messydesk.com/Toned/1964jeff-green.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.1messydesk.com/Toned/1962jeff_neon1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now was there &quot;something&quot; that caused the Proof Jeffs from this period which encompassed roughly a decade to tone this wide variety of pale neon colors ? Undoubtedly so, for it was never before or since. But the evidence, the&nbsp; coins themselves being such a wide range of colors, clearly indicate it was not cobalt. Yes cobalt would result in blues and maybe even purples, but not golds, pinks, reds, and greens that these coins are well known for being.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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