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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2117634, member: 56859&quot;]Here&#039;s a very colorful coin I recently purchased&nbsp; (<a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!sicily-selinos--ar-litra/clyv" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!sicily-selinos--ar-litra/clyv" rel="nofollow">Selinos litra</a>):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]401132[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The iridescent toning was seen in the auction photos and I have done nothing to increase the toning.&nbsp; I do wonder exactly when the coin developed this look.&nbsp; It&#039;s from the Money Museum.&nbsp; Was it toned like this when they acquired it?&nbsp; Did it develop while sitting in their cabinet?&nbsp; Decades earlier?&nbsp; Centuries earlier?&nbsp; I also wonder if the toning will change over time.&nbsp; I have this one sealed up in a tiny rigid plastic coin container to help prevent exposure to my sulfurous salty air.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve not monkeyed with the toning of coins on my website.&nbsp; Should I consider it for recently cleaned or untoned coins?&nbsp; I certainly wouldn&#039;t dare risk my <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!sicily-syracuse--ar-tetradrachm/c1qrz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!sicily-syracuse--ar-tetradrachm/c1qrz" rel="nofollow">Agathokles tetradrachm</a> but it was fun experimenting with this lowly Gordian III.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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