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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3246008, member: 112"]That line of thinking is the entire fallacy. People "think" they can tell a difference when there is no difference at all. The different colors, and the way those colors appear on a coin, do so as a direct result of the chemicals that the coins are exposed to. Whether those chemicals are in the air or whether those chemicals are artificially introduced makes no difference at all - the exact same colors will appear on the coin and with the same look. Simply put toning is a mathematical function of environment, the concentration of chemicals in that environment, and the time of exposure to that environment. The environment can occur accidentally in small concentrations over a long period of time, or it can occur deliberately in greater concentrations over a short period of time, but the outcome will be the same. And nobody can tell one from the other because THEY ARE THE SAME ! Short and sweet people are fooling themselves. They are consciously choosing to believe something that simply isn't true because believing it allows them to also believe that naturally toned coins are worth more than artificially toned coins. It's kind of like brand names. You know, you have two items, they are identical in every way, but because this one is made by this company it is worth more, cost more, than that one made by that company. And people buy into that fallacy day after day after day. It is no different with toning.[/QUOTE]