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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 3237325, member: 15309"]You are being completely naive. Doug is correct, you can’t stop toning, you can only slow it down. Coins you think are untoned actually have thin layer of toning. The only difference between your coins and mine is the thickness of the sulfide layer.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if we are talking about damage, real damage, your untoned coins are much more at risk. The large majority of “untoned” classic US coins have been dipped. The dipping process actually strips metal from the surface of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, toning isn’t irreparable damage. You can simply dip the coin and trade one form of damage for another.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 3237325, member: 15309"]You are being completely naive. Doug is correct, you can’t stop toning, you can only slow it down. Coins you think are untoned actually have thin layer of toning. The only difference between your coins and mine is the thickness of the sulfide layer. And if we are talking about damage, real damage, your untoned coins are much more at risk. The large majority of “untoned” classic US coins have been dipped. The dipping process actually strips metal from the surface of the coin. Furthermore, toning isn’t irreparable damage. You can simply dip the coin and trade one form of damage for another.[/QUOTE]
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